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Post by Ichikawa Masako on Nov 28, 2005 10:57:46 GMT -5
anyone know off the top of their head when these really started being worn as we think of them today?
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Post by Otagiri Tatsuzou on Nov 28, 2005 22:11:00 GMT -5
anyone know off the top of their head when these really started being worn as we think of them today? My impression (read: guess) is that they are a late 15th or early 16th century development. They seem to be a garment worn by the highest ranks at first, slowly descending to the rest of the 'officer' class. The Tanki Yoriaku in the early eighteenth century implies that it is commonly worn by mounted horsemen. They are a battlefield garment. I recall seeing an early 17th century byobu (screen painting) in which a group of 'squires' (retainers holding the reins of horses for mounted samurai) were wearing what appeared to me to be sleeveless haori coats, but I need to look at it again. Maybe it was an early kamishimo. |
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