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<p>69.228.197.243: </p> <hr /> <div>The construction of '''Japanese clothing''' is almost all based on a very simple pattern of rectangles. While any given garment has a characteristic width, in general [[Japan|Japanese]] [[fabric]] is much narrower than [[Europe]]an, and the construction of [[clothing]] reflects this: it takes about 4 widths to adequately cover an average person.<br /> <br /> The basic Japanese garments are the [[kosode]] and [[hakama]], both of which are worn, with minor variations, by men and women alike. The kosode is a robe which overlaps in front (always left over right, unless the wearer is dead or expects to be shortly); hakama are variously described as a divided [[skirt]] or very full [[pants]]. The kosode as [[underwear]] is invariably white, though when worn as a visible garment it may be any color. Women's hakama, particularly nagabakama worn with high court costume, are often red. Patterns for kosode and nagabakama may be found [http://www.reconstructinghistory.com/japanese/Jap123s.html here].<br /> <br /> Over the kosode and hakama one may wear any number of other [[robe]]s, depending on one's gender, class, and occasion. <br /> <br /> This practice reached its full flower in the [http://www.reconstructinghistory.com/japanese/Irome.htm Heian] period with the [[karaginu mo]]. <br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *''[http://www.sengokudaimyo.com/garb/index.html Yûsoku Kojitsu Ron: A History of Japanese Clothing and Accessories]<br /> *''[http://www.wodefordhall.com/kosode.htm Kosode Made Simple]<br /> *''[http://www.wodefordhall.com/samurai.htm Samurai For The SCA Guy]<br /> *''[http://www.rhinohide.cx/tousando/yoriaku/ Tanki Yoriaku: Hi Ko Ben]<br /> *''[http://www.wodefordhall.com/karaginumo.htm Karaginu Mo: Formal Court Costume of Medieval Japan]<br /> *''[http://www.wodefordhall.com/display.htm I Am The Display: An Informal Court Costume of Medieval Japan]<br /> *''[http://www.reconstructinghistory.com/japanese/index.html Reconstructing History - Japanese]<br /> *''[http://www.iz2.or.jp/english/ Kyoto Costume Museum]<br /> [[category:clothing]]</div>

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