#6 Kimono

Hi! This is Kana!

This time I would like to introduce about Kimono. Kimono concerned Japanese culture deeply. Kimono is consisted of  underwear, obi,kimono, hair ornament, and socks called tabi. We sometimes put it on at celebration, for instance; marriage, graduation ceremony, coming-of-age celebration. Since I’m going to dress long-sleeved kimono for my coming-of –age celebration, I’m interested in Kimono. It has long history. The first Kimono culture was born in Azutimomoyama era. Then there was no Obi like today’s style. This is the image.

The style which we used to see is established at Edo era. The width of obi became longer than ever, and Ohashyori started to use. Also, women began to put their hair up. There were so many kinds of color valuations, a lot of ways to dye fabric were invented in Edo era.Today, Kimono is rare to see in daily, but everybody knows it. It is one of the most famous Japanese culture of which we proud. Summer is going to come soon. I want to wear Yukata for summer festival.If you want to know more, please see this.