mourning dress

Japanese: mourning dress(英語表記)mourningdress
mourning dress

In the past, people who were impure about death would seclude themselves in plain or white mourning clothes, and the ritual of exorcising the dead was usually performed on the riverbank. However, after the Heian period, people began to wear black or light gray clothing to express their sorrow and grief for the dead, and so on. [Kyotaro Miyamoto]
[Western]
In English, it is called mourning dress. The practice of wearing black clothing during mourning is a relatively recent development.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "mourning dress" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…古くは死の穢れをもつ人々が素または白の喪服をまとうて忌みごもりしたので,除服も河原に出て行うのを常としたが,平安時代以降は死者を悼み悲しむために華美な服飾を去って,黒または薄墨色の服飾をまとって哀惜の情をあらわすものと変わった。【宮本 馨太郎】
[西洋]
 英語では,モーニング・ドレスmourning dressという。喪に際して黒い色の衣服を身に着けるようになったのは比較的新しい。…

※「mourning dress」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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