Covering - Carrying

Japanese: 被衣 - かつぎ

Also called kazuki or kinukazuki. From the Heian period onwards, hitoe (single layer of clothing) was worn by women of noble and samurai families when going out. The word kazuki means to wear on the head, and the word kaki is used because it is a garment worn over the head. From the 11th century onwards, it became common for women to not show their faces when going out, and images of women wearing kimono (kinu) with the hem tucked up (suso-kazuki) or kimono-kazuki with the kimono tucked up over their head are depicted in the Senmen Koshakyo Katsue (Sketches of Old Sutras), and in the 13th century, kaki and tsuboshozoku meant travelling attire. Later, kosode-kazuki, in which kosode was worn over a short sleeve, appeared instead of kaki, and as kosode became outerwear and formal wear, it also became the outing attire of the wealthy private classes in the second half of the 16th century. In "Once Upon a Time in the Past," it is written that "Until the time of the Meireki era, the Harimyo-koshimoto-kasuki was worn, but from the Manji era, it was called Kazuki-suki in Edo, and this practice ceased after the great fire of the Year of the Rooster." Also, in "Kiyu Shoran," it is written that "In the past, it does not appear to have been made into a separate kasuki as in later times. It was probably originally worn as everyday clothing." Since the Meiji era, it has been worn by the general public on celebratory occasions.

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Japanese:

かづき，きぬかずきともいう。平安時代以降，公家や武家の女性が外出時に頭からかぶって用いた単 (ひとえ) 。かぶることを古語でかづくといい，かづく衣服であるので被衣という。 11世紀以降女性の外出には素顔を見せないのが普通となり，衣 (きぬ) の裾をはしょる裾かづき，あるいは衣を頭の上にかづく衣かづきの姿が『扇面古写経下絵』などに描かれ，13世紀には被衣姿や壺装束が旅姿を意味した。のち衣に代って小袖をかづく小袖かづきが出現し，小袖の表衣化，礼服化に伴って，16世紀後半には民間の富裕階級の外出着ともなった。『昔々物語』に「明暦の頃まで針妙腰元かつぎを戴きありきしに，万治の頃より江戸中かづき透 (すき) と止み，酉年大火事以後より此事断絶に及びしなり」とあり，また『嬉遊笑覧』には「昔は後世の如くかつぎとて別につくりしにはあらずと見ゆ。もと常服を着たりしたるべし」とある。明治以後は祝儀の際などに一般にも着用された。

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