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Photograph of a man and woman wearing traditional clothing, taken in Osaka, Japan. There are typically two types of clothing worn in Japan: traditional clothing known as Japanese clothing (和服, wafuku), including the national dress of Japan, the kimono, and Western clothing (洋服, yōfuku), which encompasses all else not recognised as either national dress or the dress of another country.
Jinbei. A jinbei (甚平) (alternately jinbē (甚兵衛) or hippari (ひっぱり)) is a traditional set of Japanese clothing worn by men, women and children during summer as loungewear. [ 1] Consisting of a side-tying, tube-sleeved kimono -style top and a pair of trousers, jinbei were originally menswear only, though in recent years, women's ...
The kimono (きもの/ 着物, lit. 'thing to wear')[ a] is a traditional Japanese garment and the national dress of Japan. The kimono is a wrapped-front garment with square sleeves and a rectangular body, and is worn left side wrapped over right, unless the wearer is deceased. [ 2] The kimono is traditionally worn with a broad sash, called an ...
Ryusou. Female dancer in a bingata watansu (outer wear), red dujin (top), and possibly a white kakan (pleated skirt – not shown in the picture). Ucinaasugai [1] [2] ( Okinawan: ウチナースガイ/沖繩姿 ), also known as Ryusou ( Japanese: 琉装 りゅうそう, also written as ryusō) and referred as ushinchi in Okinawan, is the ...
A woodblock print by Yōshū Chikanobu showing Japanese women in Western-style clothes, hats, and shoes (yōfuku)Japanese clothing during the Meiji period (1867–1912) saw a marked change from the preceding Edo period (1603–1867), following the final years of the Tokugawa shogunate between 1853 and 1867, the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854 – which, led by Matthew C. Perry, forcibly opened ...
Matanpushi. The matanpushi ( Ainu / Japanese: マタンプシ) is a traditional garment worn by the Ainu people of Japan. [ 1] Complementing the sapanpe - which is worn by men - the matanpushi is usually worn by women in modern Ainu ceremonies, although originally it was a common facet of Ainu fashion among men. [ 2]
A divided ( umanori-bakama ( 馬乗り袴)) or undivided ( andon-bakama ( 行灯袴)) 'skirt', which resembles a wide pair of trousers. Hakama were historically worn by both men and women, and in modern-day can be worn to a variety of formal (for women) and informal (for men) events. A hakama is typically pleated at the waist and fastened by ...
Haori had until that point only been worn by men; the geisha of Fukagawa, well known for their stylish and unusual fashion choices, set a trend that saw women wearing haori become commonplace by the 1930s. [2] [3] In modern-day Japan, haori are worn by both men and women.