Kakeshita - Kakeshita

… [Ikeda Takae]
[Japanese underwear]
In the broad sense, this includes undergarments, aigi (internal garments), and layered undergarments. Aigi (internal garments) is a general term for anything worn between a top and an undergarment, but in the Edo period it referred to a small-sleeved kimono worn by women of samurai families under their uchikake kimono, and today its remnants remain in bridal attire and are called kakeshita (undergarments). Aigi (internal garments) is a garment worn under the outer garment of a court lady's attire, and is also called undergarment, and was a vestige of the custom of formal attire before the war.

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…【池田 孝江】
［和装の下着］
　広義には肌着，間着（あいぎ）のほか襲（かさね）下着がある。間着は上衣と肌着の中間に着るものの総称でもあるが，江戸時代に武家の女性が打掛の下に着た小袖を指し，今日では花嫁衣装にそのなごりをとどめ，掛下（かけした）と呼ばれる。襲下着は女房装束の表着（うわぎ）の下に着た衣服で下着ともいい，戦前の礼装の風習に残っていた。…

※「掛下」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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