Hanten (half coat, kimono jacket) - Hanten

Japanese: はんてん(半纏∥袢纏) - はんてん

A half-length garment worn over one's regular clothes. It is also written as hanten or kizanamatai. It usually has wide sleeves and is divided into casual wear worn at home and work wear for men. The former has been worn by common men and women at home since the Edo period over their everyday clothes, and is made of pongee or striped fabric, and some have black hanging collars. The collar is not folded down like a haori, and it usually does not have strings. One type of this is the nenneko banten, which is used when carrying a child on the back, and the round, cotton-filled kamenoko banten, and many are functional and practical wear.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

衣服の上に着る半身衣。半天，絆纏などとも書く。通常広袖で，家で用いる略服と，男子の仕事着として用いるものとがある。前者は江戸時代以後，庶民の男女が家でふだん着の上にはおって着たもので，紬，縞物などで作り，黒の掛襟のかかったものもある。襟は羽織のように折り返らず，ひもも通常ついていない。これの一種に子どもを背負うときに用いるねんねこばんてん，丸形で綿の多く入った亀の子ばんてんなどがあり，実用着として機能的にできているものが多い。

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