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    A furisode (振袖, lit. 'swinging sleeves') is a style of kimono distinguishable by its long sleeves, which range in length from 85 cm (33 in) for a kofurisode...
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    which, though not furisode length, are longer than most women's kimono sleeves today. Young women are not limited to wearing only furisode, and outside of...
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    Great Fire of Meireki (明暦の大火, Meireki no taika), also known as the Great Furisode Fire, destroyed 60–70% of Edo (now Tokyo), the then de facto capital city...
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    along the ground. The style of hikizuri worn by most maiko features long, furisode-style sleeves, and may feature tucks sewn horizontally into the sleeves...
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    occasions and is typically only worn with a furisode. Traditionally, the fukura-suzume musubi worn with a furisode indicated a woman was available for marriage...
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    others have lowered it to 18. Many women celebrate this day by wearing furisode, a style of kimono with long sleeves that hang down, and zōri sandals....
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    kimono with open sleeves (wakiake); boys from wealthier families could wear furisode. After the coming of age ceremony, the forelocks were shaved off, giving...
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    Musume sendōsan (1955) Seishun kōro: Umi no wakōdo (1955) Furisode kyōenroku (1955) Furisode kotengu (1955) Fuefuki Wakamusha (1955) Utamatsuri Edokko...
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    the furisode when they got married, typically in their early- to mid-twenties; however, in the modern day, a woman will usually stop wearing furisode around...
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    over the shoulder (cap sleeve) to floor-length (as seen in the Japanese furisode). Most contemporary shirt sleeves end somewhere between the mid-upper arm...
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    even if they are technically still young enough to wear furisode, as the wearing of furisode-style sleeves is considered a marker of apprenticeship. Not...
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    collection. Note that the youth on the left is wearing a kimono whose style (furisode) and color was considered appropriate for adolescents of both sexes but...
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  • wanted to give her outfit something that would flow and so gave her a furisode. Nomura said that her name means "night" in the Okinawan language, which...
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  • accessories are worn. For instance, yukata are worn to festivals, and okobo and furisode are worn by girls for shichi-go-san and young women on seijin no hi (Coming...
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  • brother Kinnosuke Nakamura. His first film appearance was in the 1955 film Furisode Kenpo. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 5th Japan Academy...
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    reform advocate, in hakama A Taishō-era student An imperial princess in furisode and hakama Wearing hakama as reform dress, 1906 Teacher in 1953 Two students...
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  • hatred toward all living humans. This untargeted wrath can be seen in Furisode, a story in Hearn's book In Ghostly Japan about a cursed kimono that kills...
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    Shino ware tea bowl furisode, Azuchi-Momoyama to Edo period, 16th-17th century...
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    lining fabric Kumo shibori being tied with shike-ito thread. A full-shibori furisode dyed entirely in kanoko shibori. Detail of silk (kanako shibori) with embroidery...
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    Shino type Mino ware chawan named "Furisode" (振袖), Azuchi-Momoyama to Edo period, 16th-17th century...
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  • Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture The iwami kagura – Orochi The jōruri – Nihon Furisode Hajime (日本振袖始) by Chikamatsu Monzaemon In the 20th century, Susanoo was...
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    white dress'), iro uchikake (色打掛, 'colorful outer robe'), or kurobiki furisode (黒引き振袖), the black and patterned kimono once worn at weddings of the nobility...
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    stages. In 2022, Furisode Doll announced an official collaboration with the singer, releasing a limited set of coming of age furisode designs. The collection...
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    different forms of kimono represented in the Khalili Collection include the furisode ("swinging sleeve"; a formal kimono for young women), the kosode ("short...
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    kamon, then it's a komon. [this quote given as the title in the metadata] "Furisode". Kimono Mochi: private kimono collection photographs and text. Retrieved...
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  • 379 26 "The Case of the Furisode at the Hidden Hot Spring on a Snowy Night (Part 1)" Transliteration: "Hitō Yuki Yami Furisode Jiken (Zenpen)" (Japanese:...
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    the kosode ('short sleeve'), with longer-sleeved garments being known as furisode ('swinging sleeve'). The earliest versions of the kimono were heavily influenced...
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  • are said to wear a red waistcoat (chanchanko), kosode, and sometimes a furisode. It is also said that there are some whose appearance is unclear, making...
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    range of formalities, with all-shibori yukata (informal), all-shibori furisode (formal) and all-shibori obiage all being particularly common. Shibori...
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  • shoes Full dress Full plaid Fulling Fully fashioned stockings Fundoshi Furisode Fur Fur clothing Fursuit Fustanella Fustian G-1 military flight jacket...
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