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worn for Shichi-go-san
- In Shichi-go-san
  …class being dressed in a hakama (pleated, divided skirt) and presented to their respective feudal lords, seven-year-old girls wearing the formal obi (stiff sash), and the three-year-old girls having their hair arranged on top of their heads, all for the first time.
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Japanese dress
- In dress: Japan
  …called kinu, the men’s trousers hakama, and the women’s skirts mo.
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shōzoku
- In shōzoku
  The basic garment is the hakama, a wide split skirt that falls to the ankles and is coloured white, light blue, or (for high dignitaries) purple. Over this are worn two or more layers of kimono-type garments, the most formal of which is the white silk saifuku. Over the saifuku…
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