Layered

Japanese: 襲∥重 - かさね

It refers to wearing long kimonos layered on top of each other, or a combination of layers. There are two-piece and three-piece kimonos, and the two-piece kimono is made with the outer kimono (uwagi) and the three-piece kimono is made with the inner kimono (nakagi) as the standard size, and they are worn together with the sleeves and collar aligned. The origin of kimono can be found in the costumes of the Heian period, as the term "Osore Irome" suggests. In the Edo period, even ordinary people wore two-piece kimono (outer and undergarment) for midwinter kosode, and only daimyo wore white undergarments. After that, kimono became the standard for formal attire, with two-piece kimono of different colors and the same pattern for furisode, three-piece bridal costumes, black habutae with five crests for men with gray habutae undergarments, and two-piece kimono for tomesode and mourning clothes with white undergarments.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

長着を重ねて着ること，またはその組合せの長着をさす。二枚襲，三枚襲があり，二枚襲は表着（うわぎ）を，三枚襲は中着（なかぎ）を基準寸法とし増減して仕立て，袖，襟をそろえていっしょに着る。襲の源流は〈襲色目〉という言葉もあるように，平安時代の装束に求められる。江戸時代には一般でも真冬の小袖は表着と下着の二枚襲とし，白の下着は大名のみとされていた。その後，襲物は礼装のきまりとして，色違同柄をつけた振袖二枚襲，三枚襲の花嫁衣装，男物黒羽二重五つ紋付に鼠色羽二重の下着，留袖や喪服の白の下着の二枚襲が用いられた。

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