Kazak - Kazak

Japanese: カザク - かざく

At that time, under pressure from the Uzbek Abu al-Khayr Khan, a nomadic group led by Jānibeg Khan, a descendant of the royal family that ruled the left wing of the Kipchak Khanate, migrated from the Syr Darya basin to the northern foothills of the western Tianshan. They were called Uzbek Qazaq or simply Qazaq (meaning wanderers or adventurers), and they absorbed those who had left Uzbekistan and expanded their influence into the Kipchak steppe (Kazakhstan). During the first half of the 16th century under Qāsim Khan (reigned 1511-23), their population had swelled to a great extent, estimated at 300,000 to 1 million, and they eventually came to control a wide area from the Ural Mountains and the northwestern shore of the Caspian Sea in the west to Lake Balkhash in the east.

From 【Clothing】

...Large wigs and the prototype of a necktie called a cravate also appeared. The justocor was a knee-length coat called a casaque, which had been worn by cavalry and infantry from the end of the 16th century and had become popular among the general public in the 17th century, and was elevated to aristocratic attire. Corsets were revived in women's clothing, and the upper body was made slimmer and trimmer. Skirts were still double-layered as before, but the fullness was concentrated at the back by a waistband. ...

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…そのころ，ウズベクのアブー･アルハイル･ハーンに圧迫されて，キプチャク･ハーン国の左翼を支配した王族の後裔ジャーニーベク･ハーンJānībeg Khānを戴く遊牧集団は，シル･ダリヤ流域から西部天山北麓へと移住した。彼らはウズベク･カザクÖzbeg‐Qazaq，あるいは単にカザクQazaq(放浪者，冒険者の意)と呼ばれ，ウズベクから離れた者をも吸収して，キプチャク草原(カザフスタン)に勢力を拡大していった。16世紀前半のカーシム･ハーンQāsim Khān(在位1511‐23)のときには，人口30万とも100万ともいわれる大勢力にふくれあがり，やがて，西はウラル山脈，カスピ海北西岸から，東はバルハシ湖までの広い領域を版図とするにいたった。…

【服装】より

…大型の鬘（かつら）や〈クラバットcravate〉と呼ばれるネクタイの原型も出現した。ジュストコルは16世紀末ごろから騎兵や歩兵が用い，17世紀には一般庶民の間にも普及した膝丈のコートの〈カザクcasaque〉が貴族服に昇格したものである。女子服ではコルセットが復活し，上半身はほっそり整えられ，従来と同じくスカートは2枚重ねるが，ふくらみは腰当てによって後方へ集中される。…

※「カザク」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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