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Japanese: 袖留 - そでとめ

During the Edo period, the practice of closing the sides of a furisode kimono worn up until that point at the coming-of-age ceremony for boys was called wakifusagi (armpit closing). Generally, coming-of-age ceremonies are characterized by changes in clothing, and sode-tome is one example of this. Coming-of-age ceremonies were usually divided into two stages, the half-genpuku ceremony at around age 13 and the full coming-of-age ceremony at around age 15, in which case sode-tome was an event that was part of the half-genpuku ceremony. That is, for the half-genpuku ceremony, the hair at the corners of the forehead was shaved and sode-tome was performed, known as forehead adjustment, and for the full coming-of-age ceremony, the front hair was shaved, and in samurai society, an eboshi hat was worn on this occasion.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

江戸時代において，男子の成年式に当たる元服のおりに，それまで着ていた振袖の脇をふさぐこと。腋（わき）ふさぎともいう。一般に成年式は，服飾の変化をともなうことを特色とするが，袖留はその一例である。元服は，13歳ころの半元服と，15歳ころの本元服との2段階に分かれるのがふつうであり，その場合，袖留は半元服の一行事であった。すなわち半元服には，額（ひたい）直しなどと称して額のすみの髪を剃るとともに袖留を行い，本元服に当たって前髪を剃り，武士社会ではこのおりに烏帽子（えぼし）をかぶったのである。

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