{"id":11061,"date":"2020-04-11T17:46:07","date_gmt":"2020-04-11T21:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/?p=11061"},"modified":"2020-04-11T17:46:07","modified_gmt":"2020-04-11T21:46:07","slug":"j-is-for-junithitoe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2020\/04\/j-is-for-junithitoe\/","title":{"rendered":"J is for Junithitoe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Junihitoe (also juunihitoe), \u5341\u4e8c\u5358, “twelve layers”, traditional layered robes<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

When you think of “historical” Japanese clothing, what comes to mind? Odds are, at least one thing is the gorgeous, elaborate, cumbersome junihitoe worn by high-ranking women of the Heian era court. Like many things that we now consider intrinsically Japanese, the junihitoe was inspired by contemporary Chinese fashion. The elegant drape and sumptuous layers evoked the sophisticated hanfu, with a distinctly Japanese flair.<\/p>\n

The name junihitoe literally means “twelve layers”, but is a bit of a misnomer. It included the kimono-like layers but also under-layers and over-layers. They were known to have anywhere from four to twenty<\/strong> <\/em>layers (can you imagine the bulk?!) but were eventually fixed at a specific arrangement. The entire structure was composed of the following:<\/p>\n