kamishimo

Japanese dress

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  • Hans Holbein the Younger: portrait of Henry VIII
    In dress: Japan

    …later the samurai adopted the kamishimo, a striking jumperlike garment, with extended shoulders and pleated skirt-trousers, which was worn over the hitatare. This costume probably inspired a later fashion of wearing skirt-trousers (hakama) over a full-length black kimono, which, together with the short black haori coat, was until fairly recently…

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