What is a Tomesode used for?
Tomesode (留袖) is a type of kimono. It is a formal dress worn by married women. Originally, there was a custom that the long sleeves of the Furisode were shortened after marriage, thereby creating Tomesode. This was because the long swinging sleeves would be impractical when the married woman worked in the kitchen.
What is a tomesode kimono?
The type of kimono called “tomesode” today refers to the kimono having patterns woven only in the lower body part of the kimono called “edozuma”, which were worn by geisha (Japanese professional female entertainer at drinking party) at first and became popular among women in Edo.
How is Furisode different from other Kimonos?
The unique characteristic of a furisode is the length of its sleeves. A furisode has long, hanging sleeves, while kimonos with shorter sleeves are called tomesode. While furisode kimonos are worn by young women at special events, a tomesode is usually a formal dress for a married woman.
What is a Houmongi?
Houmongi is a formal/high class kimono. It can be worn at wedding ceremony, wedding party, prestigious party, visiting somebody’s house, the occasion of a family celebration etc. Nice and gorgeous for married / unmarried women. Usually they tie FUKURO obi on HOUMONGI.
What is an Iromuji?
Iromuji (色無地) Iromuji is a type of traditional clothes in Japan which is a plain kimono of color other than black with no patterns woven in. Also, if an obi with the width of nine sun (thirty-four cm) of the color of light gray is worn, it can be used at memorial services as well.
Who can wear Furisode?
Furisode are a type of kimono that have long hanging sleeves in the forearm. They are only worn by adult single women as they symbolize availability for marriage. Furisode are amongst the most elegant and expensive form of kimono. They typically cost over 1 million yen.
What type of kimono does Tanjiro wear?
Tanjiro Kamado wears a kimono with a black-and-green ichimatsu pattern. This checkered pattern is a combination of square or rectangular shapes in alternating colors, similar to a Go (Japanese chess) board.
Can a married woman wear a Furisode?
Because the wearing of furisode is more or less limited to young unmarried women, married women generally do not wear them.
What is Uchikake kimono?
Uchikake is a highly formal kimono that is currently worn by a bride or at a stage performance. It is supposed to be worn outside the actual kimono (called kakeshita or kosode) and obi (sash), as a sort of coat, and never ties the obi around the uchikake.
What is Tsukesage?
Tsukesage, which is written as ‘付け下げ’ or ‘付下げ’ (pronunciation is the same), is kimono for Japanese women. Such kimonos used the technique were called tsukesage. Basically current tsukesage is not supposed to be a formal dress because of the lack of eba-moyo and kamon.
What’s the difference between a kimono and a tomesode?
Different from the flamboyant furisode (for unmarried young ladies), tomesode has shorter sleeves and patterns only below the obi line, usually on the lower part of the garment. Still, rich dyeing and brocade are used, giving the kimono a high level of formality.
Which is the most formal type of Tomesode?
There are two types of Tomesode. Those are “Kurotomesode” which is made of black dyed cloth and “Irotomesode” which is made of colored dyed cloth. Tomesode has five family crest on the chest, sleeves and shoulder and it is the most formal dress for married women. Irotomesode is worn by married and unmarried women.
How many family crests are there in a tomesode?
Tomesode of colors other than black is called “iro-tomesode”, and the number of family crests is not necessarily five depending on the purpose of wearing the kimono and may be fewer in number, such as triple family crest or single family crest.
What kind of patterns are used in Kurotomesode?
Both of kurotomesode and irotomesode has patterns only on the hem. Those patterns are drawn from the front to back. Plus, lining of hem part is used the same outer cloth which called “tomohakkake”. Famous patterns are omen patterns, traditional yu-soku patterns (which is used by scholars in Heian Period) and the Shosoin treasures patterns.