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A hakama is typically pleated at the waist and fastened by waist ties over the obi. Shorter kimono may be worn underneath the hakama for ease of movement. Hakama are worn in several budō arts such as aikido, kendo, iaidō and naginata. They are also worn by Miko in Shinto shrines. See also mo-bakama . Hakama boots (袴ブーツ)
Hakama are worn with any type of kimono except yukata [2] (light cotton summer kimono generally worn for relaxing, for sleeping or at festivals or summer outings). While glossy black-and-white striped sendaihira hakama are usually worn with formal kimono, stripes in colours other than black, grey and white are worn with less formal wear.
The garment is historically thought to have descended from the traditional court trousers, Hakama because of the loose shape of the trouser leg and how the piece of clothing is designed to also be worn over kimono. This style is sometimes referred to as yamabakama (lit. hakama for mountains) or nobakama (lit. hakama for fields). [4]
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.
Hakama were also worn as underwear with the kosode; over time, the two would gradually become outerwear, with the kosode eventually developing into the modern-day kimono. Despite the name, the jūnihitoe varied in its exact number of layers. [ 1 ]
The white robe (白衣, hakue, byakue, shiraginu) worn on the upper body is a white kosode, with sleeves similar in length to those of a tomesode. [3] Originally, kosode sleeves were underwear to be worn under daily clothing, but gradually became acceptable outerwear between the end of the Heian period and the Kamakura period [4] The red collar sometimes seen around the neck is a decorative ...
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The term "suikan hakama" is also used to refer to the long hakama worn with the Suikan, although the exact meaning of this term is somewhat debated. [4] It is considered a quite formal form of clothing. [3] It features very large sleeves that attach to the shoulders for a short distance. The garment is made from one very wide fabric panel.