京都祇園 玉木勝
Tamaki Katsu, Gion
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Over her kimono she wears a large shawl of open netting. She lifts one end with her hand to spread it out, and tassels hang from its edges. With "Kyoto Gion" written under it, this portrait is in the photo album Kyoto Osaka Imayo Bijin Fuzoku (Beauties of Today in Kyoto and Osaka), published in 1903 (Meiji 36).
Wearing a shawl like this with a kimono became popular from the middle of the Meiji era. Once wool cloth was made in Japan, women were often seen wearing large shawls against the winter cold. In the Taisho era, shawls for the Japanese market were also made from crepe (chirimen) and meriyasu, a stretchy knitted fabric, which had been made for export.
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- 『京都大阪今様美人風俗』（明治36年7月）
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- National Diet Library, Japan
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- 123+ years ago
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