“Costume” Terms

Oni-zukin (鬼頭巾)

A kind of costume used for kyōgen plays. A hood worn for the role of an ogre. The part wrapping the ...

Tengan-himo (天冠紐)

A cord used to secure a crown, such as a tenkan worn by a heavenly maiden or a wa-kammuri used for t...

Hirosode (広袖)

An outer garment (jacket) with wide cuffs. It is called hirosode in line with its shape (hiro means ...

Tengan (天冠)

See "Tenkan"...

Tenkan (天冠)

A kind of headgear. A crown used for the role of a noblewoman or a heavenly maiden. The crown itself...

Kensaki-eboshi (剣先烏帽子)

A kind of headgear, used by performers who perform sanbasō in “Shiki-sanban”, a kind of divine serv...

Kohaze (こはぜ)

A thin piece of metal attached to the heel side of the outer part of tabi socks, hooked onto looped ...

Chōhan-zukin (長範頭巾)

A type of Noh costume (headgear), used for the master thief Kumasaka Chōhan, who appears in the Noh ...

Kosode (小袖)

A kind of kimono with small cuffs, similar to the shape of modern ones. The name comes from the shap...

Enbi-zukin (燕尾頭巾)

A kind of costume used for kyōgen plays. A hood worn for a role different from the average person, s...

Obitori-no-o (帯取の緒)

The samurai wore a sword with a leather strap attached to the metal hanging fittings of the scabbard...

Tsuyuhimo (露紐)

Cords under the sleeves of a wide-sleeved costume. There is a cord to tie the sleeve in each cuff of...

Kamuri-himo (冠紐)

A strap used to secure a crown such as ui-kammuri (worn by a young man during the coming-of-age cere...

Kanmuri-himo (冠紐)

A strap used to secure a crown such as ui-kanmuri (worn by a young man during the coming-of-age cere...

Torimino (鳥蓑)

A type of costume: an outer layer that covers the body for waterproofing, keeping out snow and cold....

Hamino (羽蓑)

A type of costume: an outer layer that covers the body for waterproofing, keeping out snow and cold....


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