Dotera (robe) - Dotera

Japanese: どてら(褞袍) - どてら

A Japanese loungewear for protection against the cold. Mostly for men, but some for children. Made larger than a long kimono, it is thickly padded with cotton, has wide sleeves, and a black satin or cotton velvet collar. It is a variation of the tetera (short workwear), and is a type of thick tetera. In the Edo period, it was made from cotton or silk tsumugi, and worn over a long kimono. Craftsmen would wear a silk tsumugi dotera with a six-foot obi belt when going out. As it was also worn as nightwear, it is considered to be somewhere between a tanzen and a kaimaki. [Yamashita Etsuko]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

防寒用の和服の部屋着。男物が主だが，子ども物もあった。長着よりも大きめに仕立てた厚綿入れで，広袖，襟に黒繻子，綿ビロードの掛襟をする。ててら(労働用の短いじゅばん)の転化したもので，太ててらの類。江戸時代木綿や絹紬で作り，長着の上に引っかけて着た。職人などは絹紬のどてらに六尺帯を締めて外出した。夜着にも用いたところから丹前と搔巻（かいまき）の中間的存在と考えられる。【山下悦子】

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