![]() However, since the Edo Period, the lower portion of hakama was omitted. The positions of the family chests were originally hitatare ( samurai's large square-cut coat with cord laced sleeve edges), back plate, both nipples, lower portion of hakama (where front and back are sewn together). Moreover, from 1751 to 1763, kamishimo with small family crests became popular, and there was even a trend where feudal lords who visited the Edo-jo Castle competed for the elaborateness of their small family crests. Since the Edo period, with the fabric becoming more deluxe, upper class samurai were generally wearing ryumon (cloth woven of thick silk thread). However, in view of the regulations seen in the "Yuki Code" that kataginu was to be made with hemp, it seems that cotton was also already been used in luxurious tailoring during the Warring States Period (Japan). Even nowadays, the two tailoring styles "straight line" and "clam" (sea gull) remain. In the late Edo Period, it is said that rounded shoulder lines were, on the contrary, popular. In the mid Edo Period, whale whiskers were inserted and tailored to have the shoulders stand out. Afterwards, further widening of the shoulders' breadth became popular, and it became one foot in width from 1688 to 1703 and then settled down. Then later, the gathers were taken into the kataginu (short sleeveless garment made of hemp) which skirt about the hem of mae-migoro (front area) is thin, and is worn, not overlapping, but with the skirt inside the hakama. Originally, it seems to have been just a suo (formal middle rank dress, usually including jacket and hakama) with the sleeve and the chest cord removed structurally. Afterwards, with the progressive opportunity during the Sengoku Period (Period of Warring States) it had already become a semi informal dress even during peacetime from 15. However, it seems at least around the time of the Onin War, it was a semi informal dress on the battlefield. Although there is even a theory assuming that Hisahide MATSUNAGA is the founder, the theory is not so convincing. In the Edo period, it was regarded as the utmost formal dress of the samurai without rank, because many town people with status also followed this practice, it is still used in the traditional Japanese theater and the festival and so on.Īlthough the origin is not clear, it is assumed that it originated in the cutting and the use of the sleeve of a hitatare during mid Muromachi period. A kataginu has the family crest put in 4 places namely the back, both sides of the chest, and the koshiita (waist). Usually, it consists of kataginu (short sleeveless garment made of hemp) and hakama (pleated and divided skirt made in fine strips) made with the same fabric, and is worn on top of a kosode (small sleeves the standard size of present day kimono). Like all Japanese knives, the Masakage handmade knives are not dishwasher safe, clean and dry after every use is the best treatment for these exclusive products.Kamishimo (old ceremonial dress) is a kind of formal kimono (traditional Japanese clothes) for men. Handle: Octagonal light Honoki (Japanese Magnolia) wood and head of black pakka wood. ![]() Steel type: core steel: Japanese Shirogami #2 steel with a protective layer with beautiful x-shaped damask layers.The blade is very thin and manually sharpened and has no thickenings which makes sharpening very easy. An office knife is very suitable for peeling fruit and vegetables and for skinning and filleting fish and meat. This knife is completely hand-forged by the young master smith Yu Kurosaki and is unique in its kind. The name " Shimo" means frost in Japanese. This gives the effect of ice flowers on a window. The double-sided sharpened blade has a damask pattern with straight x-shaped angles made with a specially developed hammer. This Japanese knife has a core of Japanese Shirogami #2 "white paper" non-stainless carbon steel with a very nice damask pattern.
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