This topic is for the traditional clothes of the Japanese. Know of any pictures? post away! it can be from any tradtional clothes of Japan. Photos or 2D artwork is acceptable. Think of this as a collection of the national costumes of Japan. enjoy!

The Kimono is probably my second most favorite national costume in the world! Its beautiful.

I thought this was cute. lol


This is a wedding hakama.

From a Japanese festival in Melbourne.

Go on Google Image search. There's a ton more.

i really want to visit japan and get a kimono of my own. my cousin went and she get her picture taken in a white kimono with pink sakuras around the hip and bottom area of the kimono..it was soooo nice!! i want a kimono that white and has blue flowers on the waist area and the bottom part... *dreams about it...* T_T thats as far as it will go for now.. a dream....*cries* one day when i get older i'll go to japan...but it's so expensive to go to japan. by cousin went back to japan....but she's rich.



something like that...but make the flowers light blue or powder pink ^^. just imagine....

or maybe something like this


maybe in white shades...im not a colorful person....

Before you went there, I may advice you to watch up. You may get killed anytime.

...Why?

Forget what i said. It for sure will start a war.

yeh why...???? o.0;;

----------------------------

oooo... but dont japan have a lot of tourist there? i dont think everyone will get killed there. just watch yourself.. hehes...i never went back to japan before.....still everywhere no matter where...it's still dangerous.

Erkz.. Scary.

But most Azns look the same... So if you keep your mouth shut and pretend to be mute, you'll be fine. lol

And besides, it was done by Japanese radicals. I don't think there's that many of the violent ones out there.

Yeap. You may right. Where races are you from SiLvErStArDuSt and bakagrl79? Just curious...

In NYC I spotted a short japanese woman in a beatiful Kimono. It was very elegant, it had golden rims around flowers and had beatiful colors to it. I admire japanese Kimono very much.

Kimono What is that?

im chinese and have a bit if japanese in me from way back then. born somewhere in asia but raise in new york city since i was a baby. it's true sometimes you can actually tell the difference...some people thought i had a bit of white in me. >.<. they think im everything except for chinese!! lol . they're like are you j@p? a bit...are you kor? nope...are you white?? nope!! etc..

I'm Chinese. I'm assuming you are too, huaren, but that's just me..



That's the traditional Japanese wear. Like Qipao for traditional Chinese wear.

Oh... that's great...


Off course im a chinese.

lol they think you're white??? that's crazy! haha.. funny tho.

I can tell the difference most of the time, but some people are just plain hard.. -_-'

a japanese women in a kimono????????? in NYC??????? i live in nyc too. but i never see anything like that......... was it in some really special place tho??

May be too many mixing become too similar to white?

I don't think so.. B/c then wouldn't too much mixing wit different white races make you look like something else? And it doesn't.. @_@

Ok... that's good... that's good...

i only have two mixes in me..and im mostly chinese since japanese goes way back. my picture is in the picture board .. i dont think i look white at all...o.o

You don't. But if your eyes were a lil different, you do look like this one Mexican girl I knew. xP

So bakagrl79... where you get your japanese? WW2?

mexican??? *faints* do i look so not asian??? hrmm... i dunno. i never bothered to ask from where/when. i just know i got some japanese in me..

You need to explain how you got japanese. Is it your grandpa or grandma?? This is blood and it is in you. In order to verify you must know. It is important to a human to know...

wooow those clothes are coool !!

i think it's from my mom's side great grandfather...it does go really back...does it count??

That... is hmm where before WW2? I have no comments.

...huaren if you're trying to imply what i think you are, you better stop asking that question.

Huaren, leave her alone. It doesn't matter where it came from.

bakagrl: naw, you don't look Mexican. It's just the shape of your face and your haircut. You look very Azn, otherwise I wouldn't habe been able to tell. The pics were pretty small.

lol i guess i made it too small... it was originally alot bigger..like regular photo big. but i scanned it and made it smaller so it would be easier and faster to load...i have the bigger and color version..if you wanna see it..^^;..

That pink one is cute. kimono's sure are beautiful.

EDIT:
Here's kimono with hakama.

http://www.d2.dion.ne.jp/~mimatsu/hakama-panf.htm


Samurai

how awful!

90% Tang Chinese clothes + 10% Korean clothes = Japanese clothes.

Oh give me a break. There are tons of clear differences between Chinese and Japanese clothes. The foreign influence is small and very ancient, and there has been a lot of isolated development since then. I can differentiate the two anyday.

I doubt he was being serious, hence the emoticon. Shao, would you please rephrase your statement and satisfy DaMo's bloodlust?

Oh, har dee har har

Maybe I'm just nitpicking, but I'd like to know why the Japanese women walk/stand with their toes pointed inwards? Don't they trip when they walk like that? I mean, I know I would, and my mum has taught me from a young age not to walk with my toes pointing inwards..I dunno why.

Because the Japanese society, much like Korean and ancient Chinese, look down on women. Women are supposed to stay home and serve the men. When they walk with their toes pointed inwards, they can't make big steps and must walk slowly otherwise like you said, will trip and fall.

Hmm I see...I think the kimono itself is designed not to be able to make big steps in the first place since I'm assuming it's quite restricting on the legs from the looks of it. You need lots of skill to remain poised and graceful in such a garment, which is something I lack

Are you Japanese?

Nope I'm vietnamese. I'm not trying to be Japanese or anything, but I am interested in the culture.

Oh no, I wasn't trying to imply that at all. I was merely curious because you mentioned your mom told you not to walk with your toes pointed inward and you mentioned something about not being able to walk in a kimono.

Oh, yeah I dunno when I was young she saw I was walking with my toes pointed inwards and she said it wasn't good to walk like that, so I like "Uhh, ok.." (this is probably unrelated then lol) And I've never worn a kimono before, but from the looks of it, it looks like it would restrict leg movement, but nonetheless I think they look pretty nice. I think an authentic one is pretty expensive unfortunately

That Samurai picture looks really nice.

Here's an ukiyoe of three Japanese women dressed in traditional garb:

http://www.quilted-dragon.com/ukiyo-e.htm

I mean early Japanese clothes...

Isn't that pic in your sig from tv serie, Romance of the Three Kingdoms?

Ok, you may have something there. But you must remember that early Japanese were recent decendants of mainlanders themselves, and therefore, like the early Americans immigrating from Europe, brought significant mainland culture with them and maintained strong links with mainland culture for some time. Such similarity to continental ways is to be expected early in a new island nation's settlement.


Why yes, it is Emperor Xian, the last emperor of the Han Dynasty. I thought that was a very cool pose.

Maybe there is a special event or something. I live in NYC too and just a couple of months ago i saw Tibetan Monks on their traditional clothes walking across columbus circle and later i found out that the Dali Lama was in town.

Because women didn't/don't wear underpants when they put kimono on.

Kulong's got it right. Tho I wouldnt say women were looked down on.

I think its supposed to represent servitude and submittance to the male of the family. In Korean and Chinese families, the male has severe control over his family. In a feudal era Japanese family, especialy that of a samurai, it is even more strict. Essentially the father's word is law and usually they would not like an outspoken/outgoing spouse.

It's really troublesome to wear a kimono...u need someone there to assist u when putting it on.
Not to mention that it's heavy and movement restrictive.
Summer kimonos are different though.
It's easier to wear and made from lighter materials such as cotton so it feels less stifling.
The price for a summer kimono is cheaper too as most of them are sold ready to wear.
Anyway a lot of Japanese guys think that gals look really cute when dressed in a kimono.