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The first instances of kimono-like garments in Japan were traditional Chinese clothing introduced to Japan via Chinese envoys in the Kofun period (300–538 CE; the first part of the Yamato period), through immigration between the two countries and envoys to the Tang dynasty court leading to Chinese styles of dress, appearance, and culture becoming extremely popular in Japanese court society. [1]
A traditional Japanese oil-paper umbrella or parasol, these umbrellas as typically crafted from one length of bamboo split finely into spokes. See also Gifu umbrellas. Kimono Traditional square-cut wrap-around garment. Kimono slip (着物スリップ, kimono surippu) A one-piece undergarment combining the hadajuban and the susoyoke. [2]: 76 [4]
The kimono (着物), labelled the "national costume of Japan", [1] is the most well-known form of traditional Japanese clothing. The kimono is worn wrapped around the body, left side over right, and is sometimes worn layered. It is always worn with an obi, and may be worn with a number of traditional accessories and types of footwear. [32]
Ōshima-tsumugi kimono are hugely valued for their detailed kasuri patterns and deep black color. They are known as one of the most expensive silk fabrics in Japan. [ 6 ] The cheapest piece costs about 300,000 yen per bolt, or tanmono, and the highest quality costs several million yen.
Hakama are a type of traditional Japanese clothing. Originally stemming from Ku (traditional Chinese: 褲; simplified Chinese: 裤) pinyin: Kù, the trousers worn by members of the Chinese imperial court in the Sui and Tang dynasties, this style was adopted by the Japanese in the form of hakama in the 6th century.
An unlined (hitoe) kimono made from tsumugi, showing soft drape.Tsumugi (紬) is a traditional slub-woven silk fabric from Japan.It is a tabby weave material woven from yarn produced using silk noil, short-staple silk fibre (as opposed to material produced using longer, filament yarn silk fibres).
A young woman modelling a jūnihitoe. The jūnihitoe (十二単, lit. ' twelve layers '), more formally known as the itsutsuginu-karaginu-mo (五衣唐衣裳), is a style of formal court dress first worn in the Heian period by noble women and ladies-in-waiting at the Japanese Imperial Court.
A kimono is a Japanese traditional garment. Kimono may also refer to: Music. Kimono (band), Icelandic-Canadian math rock band; Kimono Draggin', American avant ...