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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 thin, nagajuban-style garment, considered to be "kimono underwear" and worn underneath the nagajuban. Hadajuban have tube-shaped sleeves and are worn with a slip-like wrap tied around the waist. [2]: 60 [3] Hadajuban are not always worn underneath kimono, and may be substituted for a t-shirt and shorts in the modern day. Hakama
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.
"Kimono" literally means "thing to wear on the shoulders", [9]: 20 and originally referred to clothing in general rather than a specific garment. [10] Clothing similar to the kimono was first introduced to Japan in the 7th century [9]: 20 through frequent interaction between Japan and mainland China. The exchange of envoys between the two ...
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For less formal kimono, the pattern is drawn and applied to the fabric before it is cut and constructed, as the design is not intended to match up over the seams, or the kimono will have a solid colour. [3] Tsukesage kimono use a non-reversible pattern laid out with respect to where the cuts will fall, but no seam-crossing patterns.
' 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. ' short swinging sleeve '), to 114 cm (45 in) for an ōfurisode (大振袖, lit. ' large swinging sleeves '). Furisode are the most formal style of kimono worn by young unmarried women in Japan.
An exploded-view drawing is a diagram, picture, schematic or technical drawing of an object, that shows the relationship or order of assembly of various parts. [1]It shows the components of an object slightly separated by distance, or suspended in surrounding space in the case of a three-dimensional exploded diagram.