Chuburisode Homongi Kimono
Young Unmarried Woman: Furisode
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Chuburisode Homongi Kimono |
A single young woman dresses in brightly coloured, large-patterned kimono on special festivals such as New Year. In her late teens and early twenties, she gains social approval by wearing the long-sleeved, brightly coloured and patterned furisode.
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Mourning Oburisode Kimono |
The furisode has three different sleeve-lengths: oburisode (full; 105 cm), chuburisode (medium; 90 cm), and kofurisode (short; 75 cm). Traditionally, the flowing sleeves were meant to attract prospective lovers. Today, the longer-sleeved furisode are considered more formal than the shorter-sleeved kimono.
A middle-class girl demonstrated her good breeding and refinement through her proficiency in flower arrangement, the tea ceremony, and wearing kimono. Today, a young woman might attend an academy that is devoted to the traditional arts so as to improve her desirability as a marriage partner (
Dalby, 1993: 115).
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References Cited:
Dalby, Liza Crihfield (1993) Kimono: Fashion Culture, New Haven: Yale University Press.
