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Double train – Two trains attached to the same dress, or a single train divided into two trains. Fishtail train – A train popular at various times from the 1870s onwards, flaring out from midway down a close-fitting skirt. [3] Demi-train – A short train formed by having the back of the garment slightly longer than the front. [4]
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 earliest form of sashinuki were cut like normal hakama (albeit a bit longer) and have a cord running through the hem of each leg. These cords were pulled tight and tied off at the ankle. This was the form commonly worn during the Heian period. Sashinuki were worn by court nobles with various types of leisure or semi-formal wear.
In Japan, pushers are known as oshiya (押し屋). The term is derived from the verb osu ( 押す ) , meaning "push", and the suffix -ya ( 屋 ) , indicating "line of work." Oshiya ensure every passenger has boarded and does not get caught in the doors, as described during a CNN interview with Sandra Barron, an American living in Tokyo.
The short coat worn on top of the itsutsuginu was known as the karaginu (唐衣), and the long, skirt-like train worn for formal occasions was known as the mō (裳). The last three terms can be combined to give the name for the formal set of jūnihitoe clothing: itsutsuginu-karaginu-mo , a term used since the 19th century.
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A woodblock print by Yōshū Chikanobu showing Japanese women in Western-style clothes, hats, and shoes (yōfuku)Japanese clothing during the Meiji period (1867–1912) saw a marked change from the preceding Edo period (1603–1867), following the final years of the Tokugawa shogunate between 1853 and 1867, the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854 – which, led by Matthew C. Perry, forcibly opened ...