Japanese clothing
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There are typically two types of clothing worn in Japan: traditional clothing known as Japanese clothing , including the national dress of Japan, the kimono, and Western clothing , which encompasses all else not recognised as either national dress or the dress of another country.
Photograph of a man and woman wearing traditional clothing, taken in Osaka, Japan
Reconstructed Yayoi clothing
Museum-reconstruction figurines (conducting religious ceremony; note shide)
Haniwa figure
Kimono
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The kimono is a traditional Japanese garment and the national dress of Japan. The kimono is a wrapped-front garment with square sleeves and a rectangular body, and is worn left side wrapped over right, unless the wearer is deceased. The kimono is traditionally worn with a broad sash, called an obi, and is commonly worn with accessories such as zōri sandals and tabi socks.
A Zen temple-goer wearing a formal cherry-blossom-motif kimono
A rakugoka (storyteller) wearing kimono and 5-mon haori
A man and a woman wearing formal kimono, for a 1923 wedding (other views)
Woman in kimono at Fukuoka City Hall