Indispensable - Indispensable

Japanese: インディスペンサブル - いんでぃすぺんさぶる
Indispensable - Indispensable

…This is said to be the predecessor of the handbag in the West. During the Renaissance, pockets were used to hold small items, but in the 19th century, skirts became tighter and people needed bags to carry in their hands, so something called an indispensable bag was born. The word handbag began to be used in the mid-19th century. …

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…これが,西洋におけるハンドバッグの前身といわれている。ルネサンス期には小物入れとしてポケットが利用されるが,19世紀になると,スカートがタイトになったため手に提げる袋が必要になり,インディスペンサブルindispensableと呼ばれるものが生まれた。ハンドバッグということばは19世紀中ごろから使われはじめた。…

※「インディスペンサブル」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。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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