Upholstery - Hatsuki

Japanese: 張着 - はつき

From the Muromachi period onwards, this casual attire was worn as summer clothing by low-ranking women serving at the Imperial Court. It is thought to have originated as a variation of the simple uchiki-style garment called hakuginu, worn by court nobles. The shape of the harigi is unclear as no actual examples remain today, but it is thought to have been a kosode-style garment worn over a kosode, or worn around the waist with the upper half of the body removed. Later, it was adopted as women's attire for samurai families, and was called a loincloth or shikire and worn over a katabira with the shoulders removed as formal attire in the palace in summer.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

室町時代のころから，宮廷に奉仕する身分の低い女性が，夏の衣料として用いた略装。その起りは薄衣（はくぎぬ）とよぶ，公家の女装としての簡略な袿（うちき）形の衣服の変化したものと考えられる。張着の形体は今日実物資料が残っていないため明らかでないが，小袖形の衣服で，これを小袖の上に重ねて用い，あるいは上半身を脱いだ形で腰にまとって用いたものと思われる。後に武家の女装としてもこれが取り入れられ，腰巻または尻切（しきれ）といって，夏季殿中の正装として帷子（かたびら）の上に肩を脱いだ形で着用された。

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