Geta (footwear)
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Geta are traditional Japanese footwear resembling flip-flops. A kind of sandal, geta have a flat wooden base held on the foot with a fabric thong, and are elevated with up to three "teeth," which keep
A pair of geta
Geta unearthed from the tomb of Zhu Ran from the Three Kingdoms period in China
Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada)
Person wearing geta and tabi
Okobo
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Okobo, also referred to as pokkuri, bokkuri, or koppori geta, are traditional Japanese wooden sandals worn by young girls for Shichi-Go-San, young women during Coming of Age Day and apprentice geisha
Geta (footwear)
…have only a single centered "tooth". There are also less common geta with three teeth. Maiko (geisha in training) wear distinctive tall geta called okobo, which are similar to the chopines worn in Venice during the Renaissance. Very young girls also wear okobo (also called pokkuri and koppori) that have…
A pair of okobo with a woven bamboo top surface
Side view of another pair. Red-gold-green brocade hanao, wood lacquered in red with gold and green decoration
The same pair as adjacent, showing takagawa omote (four-warp woven bamboo-skin topsole; see zōri)
The same pair from below, showing maegane more clearly than side view