Juunihitoe
(lit. twelve-layer robe)
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Juni-hitoe is a greatly elegant robe and was worn by women of the upper classes (court ladies and noble women)
as the formal dress in the Heian Period (794-1192).

It was the result of Japanese adaptation of clothing
introduced into the court from China in the Nara Period (710-784) and became established late in the Heian Period..

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Long red skirt called Hibakama 5 6
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