Shallow shoes

A type of footwear worn by nobles. The name is used in contrast to deep geta. It is worn with attire such as sokutai, ikan, noshi, and kariginu. In ancient and medieval times, the style was boat-shaped, with a rounded front and narrowed back. In addition to kurikawa no kutsu, which were made of leather and lacquered black, so-called mokuri, which were made of wood and lacquered black, were used. White plain silk or white twill was used as the inner sole, but for those of nobility and above, floating fabric of the same quality as the outer hakama was used. In the early modern period, shallow geta were made of wood, or made of paper pasted on the top, so-called harinuki, with a paulownia wood sole and black lacquer. The rounded front top became linear, and the overall size became large, so a large instep was attached to prevent them from slipping off.

[Takada Yamato]

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公家(くげ)の履き物の一種。深沓に対する名称。束帯、衣冠、直衣(のうし)、狩衣(かりぎぬ)などの服装に用いられる。形式は古代、中世は前方が丸く盛り上がり、後方が細くなった舟形のもので、皮に黒漆を塗った烏皮履(くりかわのくつ)のほか、木製に黒漆を塗った、いわゆる木履(もくり)が使われた。内部の底敷きとして、白の平絹や白の綾(あや)が張られたが、公卿(くぎょう)以上のものには、その表袴(うえのはかま)と同質の浮織物が用いられた。近世の浅沓は木製のほか、上部に紙を張り合わせてつくった、いわゆる張り抜きに桐(きり)材の底をつけ黒漆を塗ったものが用いられ、前方上部の丸みが直線的となり、全体に大ぶりとなったため、脱げぬように大形の甲当てをつけた。

［高田倭男］

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