Knickerbockers - Nikkabokkaazu (English spelling) knickerbockers

Japanese: ニッカーボッカーズ - にっかーぼっかーず(英語表記)knickerbockers
Knickerbockers - Nikkabokkaazu (English spelling) knickerbockers

Also called knickers. A loose-fitting pair of shorts with a band and gathers below the knee. They appeared in the 1860s as men's sports or casual wear. They were made of fabrics such as check and tweed, and were combined with Norfolk jackets. Women also wore them when riding bicycles.

The American author Irving wrote "A History of New York" (1809) under the pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker. In the book, he depicted Dutch immigrants living in New York wearing shorts in an illustration, and so the Dutch immigrants were called knickerbockers and the shorts were called knickerbockers, hence the name.

[Fusayo Sugo]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

ニッカーズknickersともいう。ゆったりした半ズボンで、膝下(ひざした)にバンドがつきギャザーが入っている。1860年代に男子のスポーツまたはカジュアルウエアとして現れた。チェックやツイードなどの生地(きじ)が用いられ、ノーフォーク・ジャケットなどと組み合わされた。女性も自転車乗りなどに用いた。

 アメリカの作家アービングは、ディードリッヒ・ニッカーボッカーDiedrich Knickerbockerの変名で、『ニューヨーク史』(1809)を書いた。そのとき、挿絵に半ズボンをはいた、ニューヨークに住むオランダ移民を描いたところからオランダ移民をニッカーボッカーといい、半ズボンをニッカーボッカーズとよんだので、この名がある。

[菅生ふさ代]

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