CHAPTER VIII.

Female Dress.

Attempts at Europeanisation—Difference between Japanese and foreign dresses—Expense and inconvenience of foreign dresses—Japanese dresses not to be discarded—How the female dress differs from the male—Underwear and over-band—_Haori_—_Hakama_—_Obi_—How to tie it—The dress-_obi_—The formal dress—Home-wear—Working clothes—The sameness of form—The girl’s dress—Dress and age.

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