Modern clothing - Kaikafuku

...Despite opposition from the conservative faction, the government allowed the freedom to cut one's hair, wear Western clothes, and remove one's sword in 1871 (Meiji 4), and the following year it issued a new uniform system, changing the official uniform to Western clothes. Western clothes were called modern clothing, while Japanese clothes were called traditional clothing. However, the same practices that were encouraged for men, such as cutting one's hair and wearing Western clothes, were criticized for women. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "modern clothing" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…守旧派の反対を押し切って，1871年(明治4)に断髪･洋服･脱刀の自由を認め，翌年には新服制を発布して公服を洋服に変革した。洋服は開化服，和服は因循服といわれた。しかし，男性に奨励した断髪･洋服も女性の場合は非難された。…

※「開化服」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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