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...In addition, attention should also be paid to headgear during mourning and funerals. If one went out during the 49-day (hon'imi) period, it was customary to wrap one's head in white cotton cloth, which was called "tento osekore." Men who were taboo at funerals would place triangular pieces of cloth or paper on their foreheads, which were called "kanmuri," "kamieboshi," "shihou," "kamikakushi," "mikakakushi," or "manji no nun," or wear a headband made of white cloth, or wear a woven hat made of rush grass, which was called "kichugasa." This was a custom in various places. It was also widely accepted throughout the country that women would wear special topknots called "irogami," "ureigami," "kichushimada," or "kichumage," or would cover their bodies from the head up with hemp kimonos, thin white silk kazuki, or plain white kimono short sleeves called "katsugi," "irokatsugi," "ino-kaburi," or "kaburi-katabira," or would wear the left sleeves of such kimonos over their heads called "sode-kaburi," or would wear white cotton hats, sleeve-shaped cloth, or hand towels called "wata-boushi," "kaburi," or "iro" when joining funeral processions. Mourning clothes have changed with the changing concept of mourning.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Ureigami" are listed below.

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…なお，喪中･葬送の被り物も注意すべきで，49日の〈ほんいみ〉の期間中に外出する場合には〈てんとうおそれ〉などと称して，白木綿の布で必ず頭部を包むという風が行われたり，葬送に忌みがかりの男たちが〈かんむり〉〈かみえぼし〉〈しほう〉〈かみかくし〉〈みかくし〉〈まんじのぬの〉などと称して三角形の布や紙ぎれを額につけたり，白布で鉢巻したり，〈きちゅうがさ〉などといってイ(藺)の編笠（あみがさ）をかぶることが各地で行われてきた。　また，女たちが〈いろがみ〉〈うれいがみ〉〈忌中島田（きちゆうしまだ）〉〈忌中髷（きちゆうまげ）〉などといって特殊な形の髷（まげ）を結ったり，〈かつぎ〉〈いろかつぎ〉〈いのかぶり〉〈かぶりかたびら〉などといって麻の帷子（かたびら）や白薄絹の被衣（かずき）や白無垢の小袖で頭から身体をおおったり，〈そでかぶり〉などといってそれらの左袖を頭にかぶったり，また〈わたぼうし〉〈かぶり〉〈いろ〉などと称して白の綿帽子や袖形の布や手ぬぐいなどをかぶって葬列に加わることも広く各地に認められていた。喪服は喪の観念の変化に伴って変遷してきた。…

※「うれいがみ」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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