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Manaita obi (俎板帯, "chopping board obi ") is the style of front-tied, flat obi worn historically by some oiran (courtesans), and now worn by courtesan-reenactors and kabuki actors on stage. Manaita obi are thickly padded and commonly feature large-scale, heavily decorated and sometimes three-dimensional motifs such as butterflies, clouds ...
The obi-age has the dual purpose of hiding the obi-makura and providing a colour contrast against the obi. Obi-age are often silk, and are typically worn with more formal varieties of kimono. Obi-age can be plain-dyed silk, but are often decorated with shibori tie-dyeing; for maiko, obi-age are only ever red with a gold or silver foil design.
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.
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]
It also featured an obi (belt), though unlike modern version, this was little more than a thin, cordlike length of fabric. The number of layers, and the type of layers, could alter the formality of a jūnihitoe outfit, with some accessories, such as overcoats and a long, skirt-like train (known as the mō ) only worn for special, formal occasions.
Nishijin-ori fukuro obi showing a woven scene with aristocrats Detail of Nō robe from Nishijin, silk with gilded paper, Edo period. Nishijin-ori (西陣織, lit. ' Nishijin fabric ') is a traditional textile produced in the Nishijin (西陣) district of Kamigyō-ku in Kyoto, Japan.
Obijime – the broad cloth sash used in traditional dress; a kumihimo belt, called the obijime, is tied around the obi. Takadai – a takadai is a large, rectangular frame for creating flat, oblique kumihimo braids. Tama – bobbins. The thread is kept from unwinding by passing the thread under itself, forming a loop around the tama. True silk ...
An unmarried Japanese woman wearing a furisode A Japanese woman wearing a furisode at the Japanese garden. A furisode (振袖, lit. ' swinging sleeves ') is a style of kimono distinguishable by its long sleeves, which range in length from 85 cm (33 in) for a kofurisode (小振袖, lit.