Clothing
Early Years
In the early medieval years clothing was very simple. A one piece garment was worn made out of plants and furs collected by hunters and gatherers.
Early Years
In the early medieval years clothing was very simple. A one piece garment was worn made out of plants and furs collected by hunters and gatherers.
Kimonos
Later on kimonos were originated and were only available to the higher class. It was long robed clothing. They were made from expensive silk or cheap cotton. At first the silk was always white because dyeing techniques hadn’t been introduced.
Later on kimonos were originated and were only available to the higher class. It was long robed clothing. They were made from expensive silk or cheap cotton. At first the silk was always white because dyeing techniques hadn’t been introduced.
Samurai
Samurai wore a hakama (a shirt like clothing) they were often white, black or dark blue. Samurai children wore more colourful Hakama. There were two kinds of Hakama: Umanori Hakama was worn if you were on horseback (they had split leg pants) and Andon Hakama was worn at peaceful times (they had no separate legged pants). A sleeveless jacket was worn on top of the kimono called kataginu. They wore sandals made out of straw called waraji. The sandals had woven rice straw rope with loose straps. Tabi (split toed socks) were worn to make it more comfortable when wearing Waraji. The obi was made of thick white cotton worn above the hip, as a belt over the Hakama. To make less injuries when fighting samurai wore a sarashi (torso wrapping). It was also made of thick cotton, wounded around the midriff leading up to the chest.
Samurai wore a hakama (a shirt like clothing) they were often white, black or dark blue. Samurai children wore more colourful Hakama. There were two kinds of Hakama: Umanori Hakama was worn if you were on horseback (they had split leg pants) and Andon Hakama was worn at peaceful times (they had no separate legged pants). A sleeveless jacket was worn on top of the kimono called kataginu. They wore sandals made out of straw called waraji. The sandals had woven rice straw rope with loose straps. Tabi (split toed socks) were worn to make it more comfortable when wearing Waraji. The obi was made of thick white cotton worn above the hip, as a belt over the Hakama. To make less injuries when fighting samurai wore a sarashi (torso wrapping). It was also made of thick cotton, wounded around the midriff leading up to the chest.