Geta (footwear)
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Geta (下駄) are traditional Japanese footwear resembling flip-flops. A kind of sandal, geta have a flat wooden base elevated with up to three "teeth", held on the foot with a fabric thong, which keeps the foot raised above the ground.
A pair of geta
Geta Unearthed from the tomb of Zhu Ran from the Three Kingdoms (三國) Period 4th Century CE
Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada)
Person wearing geta and tabi
Tabi
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Tabi are traditional Japanese socks worn with thonged footwear such as zori, dating back to the 15th century.
Pair of tabi
Cotton-paper tabi, 1700s
Cloth tabi with ties, early 1900s