Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[47] Population Population Distribution According to an estimate by the United Nations, the population of Tuvalu in July 2017 was 11192 [52] Of the independent states of the world, only the Vatican and Nauru have fewer inhabitants.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[53] The vast majority of residents (about 95%) are literate and writing skills.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Child population constitutes 29.6% of the total population of Tuvalu.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

The average age of the inhabitants of Tuvalu is about 25 years.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[1] In the Census of Tuvalu 2012, there were 10837 inhabitants.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

The population had increased by 13.3% in ten years, and as many as 57% of the inhabitants lived on Funafuti Atoll.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Funafuti's share of the population figure is increasing because residents from other islands are moving there.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[54] Funafuti had a population of 6194 according to the 2012 census.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Vaitupulla had 1565 inhabitants.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

The smallest of the islands was Niulakita with 30 inhabitants.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Tuvalu has a high population density, with 423 inhabitants per square kilometer.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

The highest population density is in Funafutilla, which has a population of about 2220 persons per square kilometer.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[55] The population of Tuvalu is young, with a median age of 24.1 years and about one-third of the inhabitants being under 16 years of age.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[54] On the other hand, the 30-year-old share of the population is small because of emigration.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[33] The population of Tuvalu is almost exclusively of Polynesian origin.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Most of the rest are either Micronesians or Europeans and their descendants.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Tuvaluans also live abroad somewhat.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

There are about 2000 Tuvalis living in New Zealand and around 500 in Fiji.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Previously, Tuvaluans lived hundreds also in Kiribati and Nauru because of the works.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

After the Nauru phosphate mine was abolished, some 750 Tuvalans who worked in the country returned to their homelands in 2003.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[56] Languages Most of the inhabitants of Tuvalu speak the Tuvalu language belonging to the Polynesian languages, to which the languages of Samoa, Futuna and Tokelau are the most closely related.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[57] On the island of Nui, Kiribati is mostly spoken.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

The Kiribati dialect spoken in Nui has accumulated a lot of influences from the Tuvalu language.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Some residents also speak Samoan as their native language.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[58] Along with Tuvalu, the status of the official language is held by English, which is not, however, a common language of use.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[32] In all schools, pupils are taught both Tuvalu and English.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[59] Each island of Tuvalu has its own dialect, which are nevertheless mutually intelligible.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

The dialects are divided into southern and northern dialects.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Since the 1950s, the main language has been formed from the dialects of Funafuti and Vaitupu.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[57] Religion Approximately 97% of the population belongs to the Church of Tuvalu (Ekalesia Kelisiano o Tuvalu), [1] which is a Protestant Christian denomination.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

However, religion has also been somewhat influenced by the islands” traditional beliefs, which include things like reading flocks of fish from clouds and predicting future disasters such as high winds and droughts.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[60] Religious minorities include Seventh-day Adventists (1.4% of the population) and Bahá'ís (1% of the population).


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[1] In addition, there are at least Jehovah's Witnesses living on the islands [61] as well as non-denominations.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Official state religion is not defined by law.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Religion plays an important role, especially in the more remote islands.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Sunday is a bank holiday and almost no work is done.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Education Tuvalu has eight years of compulsory education beginning at the age of seven.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[62] In 2001, Tuvalu had 10 primary schools and had 1798 pupils and 102 teachers.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[63] Tuvalu's only secondary education institution came into existence in 1998 when two previous institutions were merged to reduce expenses.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[64] Further education in Tuvalu is provided by the Tuvalu Maritime Training School on Amatuku Island, Funafuti and the University of the South Pacific which has a campus on Funafuti.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[62] Health The life expectancy of Tuvalese women is 71.1 years, according to 2016 World Bank statistics, and 65.3 years for men.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Life expectancy is fairly typical of Ocean State.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[54] The leading causes of death in Tuvalu children under five include respiratory infections and diarrhoea.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

The most common health problems on the islands are skin problems caused by Staphylococcus bacteria, tuberculosis, filariasis, scabies and inflamed wounds.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Malaria on the islands does not occur.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[65] The first cases of HIV infection in Tuvalu were identified in spring 1999.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[66] By 2010, 11 cases have been found.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Entering the 21st century, diabetes and cardiovascular disease have emerged as the leading cause of death, and are now killing people under 40 as well.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

The reason is considered to be a decrease in physical activity and a change in diet to be unhealthier.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[67] The only hospital in Tuvalu is in Funafuti.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Other islands have receptions where nurses are on call.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

However, their facilities and pharmaceutical stocks are severely limited.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Efforts are being made to transfer the most difficult cases of all to Fijian hospitals.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[65] Population transfer In 2001, the Government of Tuvalu informed that the population of the islands may have to be evacuated if sea level rise continues.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

The problem has also brought Tuvalu publicity abroad.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

New Zealand has pledged to accept an annual quota of 75 people of aid, but the quota is not linked to climate change but is part of the Pacific Access immigration programme.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[68] Australia, on the other hand, has refused the requests of the Tulanders.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[69] In 2008, the leadership of Niue Island, which is part of New Zealand, offered asylum to Tuvalans, and many Tuvalans have already accepted the invitation and moved to Niue.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[25] On 21 February 2006, Tuvalu Prime Minister Maatia Toafa said the evacuation of Tuvalu to Kioa Island, Fiji, was under consideration.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[70] According to him, the Tuluans would also need financial assistance to develop the island.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

In Fiji, many political parties have expressed their opposition to evacuating to Kioa.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Among other things, politician Mick Beddoes has speculated evacuating such large numbers to Kieo would produce many problems, at least in accommodating and educating the population.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[71] A small number of Tuluans were relocated to the same island as early as 1976—1983, mainly due to overpopulation.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

They chose not to return to their home islands threatened by overpopulation and rising sea levels, and some of them have acquired Fijian citizenship.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[72] The understatement of the problem is famously promoted by the Old Testament, the reasoned idea espoused by some churches, that the destruction of the land in the “new deluge” would be impossible and contrary to God's promise.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[73] [8] Culture Lifestyle Tuvalu's traditional community system has largely survived.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Each family (solonga) has its own function (pologa), which it must do for the benefit of the community.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Such tasks include, but are not limited to, fishing, building houses and defense.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Family skills pass from father to son.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[29] The traditional Tuvalan dwelling, the phale, usually has a roof made of auger palm leaves and the main building material is wood.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Today, however, such settlements have been practically replaced by Western-style buildings.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

The change was promoted in 1972 by a tropical cyclone that destroyed buildings on Funafuti, and houses were rebuilt using foreign raw materials such as cement and chipboard.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[74] Tuvalu every few blocks has a maneapa building used for activities such as singing and dancing pursuits, card-playing and more formal local meetings.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Although the traditional culture is widely preserved, Funafuti has been westernized.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[75] On Tuvalu, a man's parents have traditionally had to accept his future wife.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Funerals have traditionally been followed by a mourning period of varying duration, referred to as faganoa.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

It might take up to weeks.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[76] The first Miss Tuvalu beauty pageants took place in 2001 and were won by then 22-year-old Nanumean Lily-Anne Faatalia Homasi.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[77] Arts Crafts A common form of art in Tuvalu is crafts such as fans, carpets, baskets, necklaces, woodcuts and hookers.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Crafts are sold, for example, from the Women's Handicraft Centre (Women's Handicraft Centre) near Funafuti International Airport.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Crafts are also sold from Tuvalu abroad.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[78] In particular, the making of pandalus rugs is well known.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

They are made into ceremonial, sitting and sleeping mats.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

The production of ceremonial rugs is often competitive, thanks to which they are imaginatively and colorfully decorated.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

It takes about a week to make seating mats and five to 10 weeks to make sleeping mats.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[79] Music and Dances Tuvalu music is mainly polyphonic choral singing.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

In addition to traditional Tuvalan styles, a style has probably come to the country from Samoa, where the vocal soloist initially sings the melody on a five-tone scale and the choir continues by singing a different melody, and a four-part homophone of European origin.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[80] Prior to European contacts in Tuvalu music, a central position was also occupied by a monophonic call song.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

One of the Tuvalu genres of music is the dome, which is normally a song sung at funerals.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Composers of songs have traditionally been held in high esteem in Tuvalu.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Songs were commissioned from them to commemorate special events.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[81] Tuvalu folk dances include fakanau, onga, fātele, mako fakaseasea, among others.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[82] Many Tuvalu folk dances have traditionally honored leaders or other distinguished members of the community.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[81] Samoan missionaries sought to ban many traditional dances in the 19th century.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

The prohibition was prompted by a Samoan night dance that “evolved into a debauched orgy.”


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Dances are often accompanied by percussion instruments, but are now also used as a kind of church bells.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

The most famous Tuvalu percussionist is the pātā from Samoa, for a larger version of which the name nafa is also used.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[83] The music of Tuvalu has since become influenced by Western influences.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Since the second half of the 20th century, Tuvalu contemporary music has used guitars and electric instruments.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[84] The musical traditions of many nearby archipelagos have been influenced by Tuvalu's musical culture.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Batere dance, for example, is a Kiribati version of the Tuvalu fātle.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Today, the fātele is also known as Tokelau.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[85] Tuvalu popular music has received little international attention.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Some of the members of the Polynesian band Te Vaka are of Tuvalan origin.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[86] Literature Although Tuvalu has a high literacy rate, there is very little Tuvalese literature.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

The Tuvalu language did not acquire its written form until the 1860s, when Samoan missionaries developed a literary language for it, mostly based on the spelling of the Samoan language.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Still, there is still no common spelling of the Tuvalu language.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

The first book published in the Tuvalu language was the New Testament, which was translated into the language in 1977.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

The entire Bible was translated in 1987.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[57] The only library in Tuvalu is located in Funafuti.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Mythology Before the arrival of Europeans on the islands, different atolls of Tuvalu held different beliefs.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Among other things, the inhabitants of Nanumanga Atoll considered Foelag and Maumau, who they believed to be their ancestors, as their overgods.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Each god had his own temple built.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[87] On Niutao Atoll, Kuula was considered the supreme god.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

A god named Foilape was known on at least three atolls: Funafuti, Nukufetau, and Vaitupu.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

In addition to the overgods, several lesser deities, as well as spirits, appeared in the Tuvalan religion.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

To the people, the gods were represented by the Vaka-atuas who conducted spiritual deliveries.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

After the death of the old Vaka-atua, the brother or son of the deceased was most often chosen as the new Vaka-atua.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[87] According to one local legend, the islands of Tuvalu were created by Te Pusi (eel) and Te Ali (flounder).


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[88] National symbols Tuvalu has had two flags in use during its independence.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

The current flag was introduced on October 1, 1978.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

The stars on the flag depict the nine atolls of Tuvalu.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

One star was removed from the flag in 1995, but this flag remained temporary.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[89] Prime Minister Kamuta Latasi completely renewed the flag in October 1995.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

The UK flag was removed from the new flag.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[22] However, the islanders did not like the new version, so Parliament voted to censure Latas.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Bikenibeu Paeniu was elected as the new Prime Minister, who restored the original flag.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[23] The coat of arms of Tuvalu was introduced in 1976.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

It features a traditional house used for gatherings and wave patterns to indicate the importance of the sea to the islands.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

The rim of the shield of arms contains banana leaves and mussels, each eight pieces, and represent rich flora and marine life.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Beneath the coat of arms is the country's motto.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[90] Tuvalu's national anthem is a Tuvalu mo te Atua (Tuvalu for God) composed and lyrics by Afaese Manoa (born 1942).


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

The title of the song is also the national motto of Tuvalu.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[91] Food culture, among other things, taro (pulaka) plays an important role in Tuvalan cuisine culture.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Breadtree fruits, coconuts, bananas and fish are also common.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[92] Tuvalu drinks include kaleve and koa, which are mainly used to make coconut.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[92] Since Tuvalu does not have very much drinkable water, coconut milk is a common drink.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[93] The food culture in the more remote atolls has remained quite traditional, but food items used on Funafuti also include imported rice and flour, as well as frozen and canned meat.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

The only restaurants in Tuvalu are all located on Funafuti.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[74] Food is also sold in fusi shops that exist on every atoll.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[47] Holidays Tuvalu has a total of 11 national holidays.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Two of them (Easter) are transitional: [94] dateFinnish nameLocal name1.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

JanuaryNew Year's DayNew Year's DayMoveGood FridayMoveEaster MondayMarch Second MondayMarch Second MondayCommonwealth Day Day following the second Sunday of May, the second SundayDate of the island Aso o te Tala Lei (Gospel Day) Second June Saturday Queen's BirthdayThe day appointed for the celebration of the Anniversary of the Birthday of the SovereignAugust First MondayNational Children's DayNational Children's Day 1.—2.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

OctoberIndependence Day or Tuvalu DayDay Second Monday of Novemberthe Prince of WalesThe day appointed for the celebration of the Anniversary of the Birthday of the Heir to the Throne25.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

DecemberChristmas DayChristmas Day26.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

DecemberBoxing Day Media The only newspaper to be published in Tuvalu is the Tuvalu Echoes, of which there is also a Tuvalu language version Sikuleo o Tuvalu.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

The government publishes the paper every two weeks.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Tuvalu Echoes was initially established in the early 1980s, but had to temporarily stop publishing in the mid-1990s due to funding problems.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Publication of the magazine resumed in November 1998.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[95] Sport The national sport of Tuvalu is a ballgame te ano played in two teams, whose name means ball in direct translation.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Of the Western sports, te ano is the closest thing to volleyball.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

In addition to te ano, a version of cricket called kilikiti is played at Tuvalu, among other things.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[41] The country also hosts football and volleyball competitions.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Tuvalu is not a member of the International Football Association FIFA.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

The country participated in the Olympics for the first time in Beijing 2008.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[96] Competing were runners Okilani Tinilau and Asenate Manoa and weightlifter Logona Esau.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

Logona Esau served as the flag bearer for Tuvalu.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

No medals came.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[97] The Commonwealth Games the country has participated in since 1998.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

[98] The runway at Tuvalu's only airport also serves as the country's main football field.


Question: Which country owns the Solomon Islands?

Tuvalu

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Tuvalu

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Tuvalu

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Tuvalu

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Tuvalu

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Tuvalu

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Tuvalu

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Tuvalu

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Question: In what year is the cooperative invented?

steamship

A steamer is a ship propelled by the power of a steam engine.


Question: In what year is the cooperative invented?

steamship

The name of the steamship is often preceded by the letters S/S, steamship (Finnish steamship).


Question: In what year is the cooperative invented?

steamship

Ships using a steam turbine were also commonly referred to as steamships.


Question: In what year is the cooperative invented?

steamship

The era of steamships began in the early 19th century when technological advances reached a level in steam engines where their application as a ship's power source became meaningful.


Question: In what year is the cooperative invented?

steamship

Initially, the steam engine was utilized in rivers, canals and ships travelling in similar sheltered waters where winds were weak.


Question: In what year is the cooperative invented?

steamship

In ocean liners, the steam engine was aided by sails, giving extra momentum or guaranteeing maneuverability in calm weather and upwind.


Question: In what year is the cooperative invented?

steamship

On its own, the steam engine was often not reliable enough technically or the range it allowed was too small.


Question: In what year is the cooperative invented?

steamship

The introduction of the steam engine in shipping coincided with the gradual change of wooden hulls to metal hulls.


Question: In what year is the cooperative invented?

steamship

The development of steamships allowed modern shipping, with maritime transport considerably more independent of the forces of nature.


Question: In what year is the cooperative invented?

steamship

The switch of a steam engine to a diesel engine is technically a smaller step when ships had already structurally evolved to be power-powered.


Question: In what year is the cooperative invented?

steamship

Steamships were used a lot right up until World War II and somewhat thereafter.


Question: In what year is the cooperative invented?

steamship

The steam turbine eventually supplanted the piston steam engine, although it is clearly more expensive in terms of acquisition price: the efficiency of a steam turbine is many times that of a piston steam engine, and also achieves a higher speed than piston steam engines.


Question: In what year is the cooperative invented?

steamship

Soon, however, diesel fuelled internal combustion engines were definitively supplanted by piston steam engines due to their usability, smaller size and greater efficiency.


Question: In what year is the cooperative invented?

steamship

Steam turbine ships also used straw as fuel, its compared to coke due to its practicality and reduced need for space.


Question: In what year is the cooperative invented?

steamship

Today, almost all steamers are turbine powered except for tradition ships.


Question: In what year is the cooperative invented?

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The steam turbine is also used in nuclear-powered ships as well as some gas tankers.


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The steam turbine is particularly popular on ships where speed is a high priority, such as warships.


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History In river boats the use of sails was difficult and often had to be hauled from the shore.


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The introduction of the steam engine on river ships was a response to a clear need.


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First it was made by French marquis Claude François Jouffroy d'Abbans in 1783 on a Pyroscaphe steamboat, then 1789 in the United States by John Fitch and the following year by the Scots Patrick Miller and William Symington.


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However, the power of the first steam engines was not sufficient for actual operation.


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Symington built a canal tug powered by a steam engine in 1803, the first steam vessel to be in commercial use.


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[2] After a year of use, beach owners were banned from using the vessel by claiming its waves were damaging the beaches.


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A breakthrough in the use of steam to power the ships was the ship built by American Robert Fulton.


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Fulton had been test-driving at Charlotte Dundas and versed in the inventions of John Fitch.


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[3] This 1807 North River Steamboat (Clermont) steamboat built on the Hudson River was housed with an 18-horsepower steam engine manufactured by Watt and Boulton mill.


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On her first 12-hour voyage, the ship achieved an average speed of 4.7 knots.


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For the same journey, the river burrs used four days.


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In five years, there were already more than half a hundred steam ships in US coastal and river traffic.


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Commercial steamboat operations in England were initiated by the PS Comet ship built by Henry Bell.


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In 1815 there were already twenty steam-powered ships in England.


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In Finland, the first steam ship was Ilmarinen 1833.


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In 1819, the first steam-assisted ship, the SS Savannah, which therefore also had sails, crossed the Atlantic.


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With just steam, the voyage was made in the 1830s, although that vessel, the SS Sirius (1837), was fitted with sails.


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Mere steam wasn't trusted until the late 19th century.


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[4] The first ironclad steamer was PS Aaron Manby, which in 1822 sailed from England to Paris.


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[5] Problems in early steamships included poor seafaring duration and the abundant consumption of coal.


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The first improvement in steam engines was the use of high-pressure boilers, which dropped coal consumption to one-third.


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Another improvement was two-stage expansion, with which consumption fell by almost half a further.


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The screw-like propeller is an old idea.


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American inventor David Bushnell designed the 1775 wooden submarine Turtle with hand-operated screw-like propellers.


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[6] Among the oldest patents is that of Joseph Bramah from 1785.


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[7] For propeller use, the power of the steam engines was not yet sufficient.


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The first working propeller was built by Josef Ressel in Trieste, Austria-Hungary and obtained a patent for it in 1827 in Austria-Hungary.


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1836 received a patent for two propellers: a track propeller by John Ericsson (1803—1889) of Sweden and a screw propeller by Francis Pettit Smith, an Englishman.


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Isambard Kingdom Brunel built in 1843 the first propeller-driven ship, the SS Great Britain, to cross the Atlantic.


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The ship was 98.2 feet long.


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However, the Navy was increasingly sceptical about the propellers.


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In 1845, in a competition organised by the British Admiralty, similarly powered sluups, the propeller equipped HMS Rattler and the HMS Alecto with wing pirates, drew each other.


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Rattler was able to pull the Alecto at a speed of 2.5 knots.


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[8] Subsequently, suspicion of the propellers went away.


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The propellers and steam engines were now so powerful that the wooden hull of the ships could no longer stand.


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For this problem of strength, iron was taken to the aid.


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Iron plates had begun to be rolled in the 1780s and the first iron vessel was built as early as 1787.


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Iron was brittle, however, and until the 1870s ships were made of wood with iron reinforced.


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For example, clippers were made with iron arches, but with wood planking.


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The planking could also be covered with iron plates like Nansen's Fram.


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[9] After the middle of the 19th century, steamships became competitive with sailing ships.


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Of the British merchant fleet in 1885, more than half passed by steam.


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[10] Sailing ships were still developing, too, and experienced a small boom in the 1850s when the Americans developed a narrow-hulled and fast ship type, the clipper.


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The 1869 opening of the Suez Canal gave steamships such a great advantage over clippers forced to circumnavigate Africa that sailing ships were left with the longest Australian and South American routes any longer.


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The last development of sailing ships was the steel-hulled construction and reinforced masts, which kept sailing ships competitive over steam ships for some time to come.


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[11] During World War II, German submarines were able to destroy Allied merchant ships in large numbers.


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In response to this loss in the United States, Henry J. Kaiser proposed standard ships, leading to the construction of liberty ships.


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These were steamships of simplified construction, the hull of which was made of blocks and the ships assembled by welding.


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This greatly intensified the building and at its fastest the ship was assembled in ten days.


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These ships with a load capacity of 14000 tonnes were built in 1941-45 by 18 shipyards for a total of 2710.


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Towards the end of the war, Victory ships began to be produced, which were slightly larger, sturdier and some also had a diesel engine.


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531 of these were built.


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After the war, welding became established as a method of assembly of ship hulls.


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[12] Charles A. Parsons was an Irish engineer who developed a steam turbine suitable for ship use.


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The first turbine-powered yacht Turbinia was in trial service in 1893, but the problem proved to be cavitating the propellers slightly before full speed of 19.5 knots.


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The Admiralty was not interested in the new machine, which is why Parsons organised a demonstration at the 1897 Naval Parade.


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The Turbinia ship's propeller arrangement had been improved and now it was travelling at 34 knots, an unprecedented speed of.


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Parson drove his ship between the warships at anchor, leaving one ship to follow, but became ridiculed after falling considerably behind.


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As a result, the first turbine-powered destroyer HMS Viper was built.


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A steam turbine more vibrating than a steam engine came into use on war and passenger ships.


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The Dreadnought ship from 1906 was the first battleship equipped with a steam turbine and it ran at 23,000 horsepower at 21 knots.


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Armament was mainly heavy artillery.


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The torpedo hazard made long-range artillery battles a necessity.


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In the Naval Battle of Tsushima, for example, the Russians had opened fire 16 km away from the target due to a torpedo hazard.


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1908 the English created an even larger ship, which was said to be a battle cruiser.


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These then went on to fight both the First and Second World Wars.


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[13] In nuclear-powered ships, the steam turbine is still in use.


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The world's first nuclear-powered ship was the US nuclear submarine USS Nautilus (SSN-571) 1955 and the first cargo ship was NS Savannah, laid into waters in 1962.


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The Soviet Union built the first nuclear-powered icebreaker under the name Lenin in 1959.


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It was, at the same time, the first nuclear-powered ship in civilian use.


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The Soviets built several nuclear icebreakers, including the Arktika class and the Taimyr class.


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However, the use of nuclear power in wing ships has not progressed since the beginning.


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The Danish shipyard completed the 1912 cargo ship M/S Selandia, the first diesel-powered vessel to cross the ocean.


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However, motor ships did not become widespread quickly.


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One reason that slowed the generalization was the availability of fuel at ports and another was the greater cost of the diesel engine.


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Piston steam engines were used in ships until the Second World War, after which diesel engines have replaced them.


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Steam turbine diesel engines replaced in passenger ships by the 1970s when burning oil in a steam boiler became too expensive.


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Steamships Current Finnish steamers S/S Hardworking S/S Ahti S/S Alina S/S Merit S/S Antero S/S Armas S/S Aure S/S Enso S/S Haapaniemi S/S Halla IX S/S Halla XVII S/S Heikki Peuranen S/S Heinävesi S/S Heinävesi S/S Hovinsaari S/S Hurma S/S Häme S/S Häme S/S Ilona S/S Janne S/S Sequel S/S Joh-Parviainen S/S Juno S/S Kajaani S/S Kajaani I S/S Kalle Tihveräinen S/S Karjalkoski S/S Keitele S/S Kemi S/S Kepa S/S Kirvesniemi S/S Kotvio II S/S Kouta S/S Lahtis S/S Lalli S/S Lauri S/S Laitiala S/S Leppävirta S/S Dragon S/S Seagull S/S Meritiitu S/S Forest S/S Mikko S/S Norrkulla S/S Näsijärvi II S/S Oberon III S/S Olli S/S Onka S/S Otso S/S Pallas S/S Papinniemi S/S Parsifal S Paul Wahl S/S Pete S/S Deer III S/S Pohjola S/S Puhois S/S Punkaharju S/S Rauha S/S Repola 5 S/S Rito S/S Saimaa S/S Salama S/S Satama S/S Satu S/S Savonlinna S/S Suur-Saimaa S/S Suvi-Saimaa S/S Tapio S/S Tarjanian Ne S/S Tarmo S/S Tele S/S Drip S/S Action S/S Action II S/S Tommi S/S Tornator II S/S Turso S/S Toiler S/S Puller V S/S Visuvesi S/S Warkaus S/S Warkaus VII S/S Wellamo (1907) S/S Wenno S/S Wipunen S/S Wiri S/S Ukkopekka SS Company/ S Upper Keitele Famous Finnish steamers S/S Aalotar S/S Avasaksa S/S Alexander S/S Arcturus S/S Ariadne S/S Aura S/S Birger Jarl S/S Bore I S/S Bore II S/S Bore III S/S Constantin S/S Dagmar S/S Furst Menschikoff S/S Furst Menschikoff (II) S/S Grefve Berg S/S Ilmatar S/S Borea S/S Kuru S/S Nikolai S/S Oberon S/S Polaris S/S Porthan S/S Silja S/S Storfursten S/S Finland S/S Suomi (II) S/S Svea Jarl S/S Titania S/S Serve S/S Torneå S/S Viking S/S Von Döbeln S/S Wasa S/S Wellamo (1927) S/S Urania S/S Österbotten World renowned steamships SS America SS Andrea Doria S/S Bremen HMHS Britannic RMS Carpathia S/S City of New York SS France S/S Great Western S/S Himalaya S/S Lusitania RMS Majestic S/S Mauretania S/S Normandie RMS Olympic RMS Queen Elizabeth RMS Queen Mary S/S Rex S/S Rotterdam S/S Savannah S/S Servia RMS Titanic S/S United States Power Boats M/S J. L. Runeberg (formerly S/S Helsingfors Skärgord) M/S Jyväskylä (formerly S/S Jyväskylä) M/S Kristina Regina (formerly S/S Bore, Borea) M/S Nikolai II (formerly S/S Nautilus) See also Shipbuilding Vaporlotja Siipiratasalus Finnish Steam yacht Society Ernst Sohn Sources Citation error, replace with { {cite book| author = Kero, Reino ja Kujanen, Hannu (ed.


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A kimono (, “(wearable to the shoulders) garment" [Dalby, Kimono 1]) is a traditional Japanese robe-like garment worn by men, women, and children of all ages.


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The kimono is a T-shaped, straight-line, long robe with a collar and wide sleeves.


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The kimono is wrapped around the torso and around it is tied an obi belt.


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The modern meaning of the word kimono as a particular type of garment arose during the Meiji period in the late 19th century, when Japanese clothing began to be distinguished from Western-style ones.


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Previously, most had worn a kimono almost always, and kimonos had been named according to fabric quality, use situation, time of use, or anything like that; “kimono” meant any garment.


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Similar terms: Nagagi (“long garment”) was a suit worn for indoor work and in the city; workwear was short and two-piece.


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The contemporary kimono is nagagi.


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Kosode (“small sleeves”) was a designation used in the Heian period for a garment with partially closed sewn cuffs as in contemporary kimonos; the mouths of the sleeves of court gowns were open.


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Wafuku (“Japanese clothing”) is a traditional Japanese outfit; the Western-style outfit is referred to as yōfuku, respectively</i>.


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Kimono is one of the forms of wafuku.


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History Jōmon and Yayoi periods Possibly Chinese who visited Okinawa tell of the costumes of the people of Wa country, or present-day Japan: “Men wear a long cloth they tie around them, and women a cloth with a gap in the middle”.


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Yamato Period Information about costumes from the Yamato period is mostly based on grave finds.


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Statues of haniwa have been found in large burial mounds.


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They are made as offerings to deceased exalted lords and present ritual figures, people, animals and buildings.


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Some statues have details that give you an idea of what the clothes were like.


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The materials were probably plant fibers and perhaps wild silk.


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The garments show some of the first Chinese borrowings: wrapping jacket outfits, narrow-skinned trousers and pleated skirts.


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Many statue figures have jewelry such as pearls and have markers, paintings or tattoos on their faces.


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The Asuka and Nara periods (552—710 and 646—792) Chinese emissaries and monks spread Buddhism, Confucianism in Japan and, with them, Chinese culture and art.


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The meaning was mainly evident in court clothing.


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Ceremonial colours indicating rank status were introduced.


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Men's clothing included a Chinese-style jacket with a stand-up collar and slits on the side.


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With it were kept straight trousers, shoes and a headdress made of horsehair fabric.


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Women's clothing styles varied; usually the outfit included a jacket with which a skirt was kept.


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Some paintings feature direct copies of the Tang Dynasty court fashion: high-raised skirts, kipper-tipped slippers, long scarves, and large nuttura hairstyles.


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The Heian period (794—1192) Japanese contacts with China diminished and eventually ceased almost completely.


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The culture centered on the court, which closed in on the then capital, Kyoto.


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Court gowns still had Chinese influences, but were stylized in their very own direction.


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Fashion was dominated by large-sleeved robes, which were donned in layers.


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Court etiquette and requirements for elegance strictly regulated the colors and patterns of clothing.


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The men's formal attire included hakama, undersuits and oversuits, and a gauze cloth headdress.


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The women's costume also included hakama.


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An intricate system of large-sleeved robes was donned over it, from which the costume derived the name jūni-hitoe, meaning “twelve layers”.


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Despite the costume's name, however, it usually comprised only five to seven layers: twelve were worn only on special occasions.


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Especially among high-ranking women, long and voluminous hair, usually kept open, was idolised.


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The clothes of ordinary people were much simpler: a wrap garment was used, with which narrow hakama trousers or a wrap skirt were worn.


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As a distinction from court robes, whose sleeve mouths were broad and openwork (hirosode), folk robes were referred to as kosode in reference to their partially closed sewn cuffs.


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The Kamakura period (1185—1333) Heian period ended with a civil war between two noble families.


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In the Kamakura period that followed, the culture of the samurai played the greatest importance.


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Initially, the clothes imitated court fashion, but attempts were made to make them more practical and less luxurious.


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The hems became shorter, the slouches and layers disappeared, and silk materials were often swapped for ram and hemp.


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Of the men's clothing, the most important was the hitatare jacket, of which there were different variations.


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Intended for formal and ceremonial use, the hitatare was large-sleeved and was worn with a wide hakama.


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Narrow-sleeved hitatars were produced for everyday, labour and war use, with which a rather narrow, duvet hakama was kept.


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The man's clothing also almost always included an eboshi headdress.


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At its most formal it was court style high.


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The common folk wore soft and samurai folded ebosh.


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In women's fashion, the layers began to diminish and in the end were considered only kosode.


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When kosodes, which were considered informal, began to appear as outerwear, they began to be made of finer fabrics at ankle length.


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Techniques for decorating fabrics included caraori brocade, mace embroidery, leaf gilding, dyeing (among other things, the shibori technique), printing techniques, and hand-painting.


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The cosodes were kept on top of each other according to temperature, wealth and situation.


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The Muromachi period (1333—1568) There were slow changes in men's clothing: the hitatare continued to be formal attire, but kosode also began to appear as men's clothing.


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The men wore a hakama and some overcoat with it.


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From the sleeveless kataginu vest and hakama, a typical samurai costume, the kamishimo, was formed.


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The basic garment for women was kosode.


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Various variations were developed from it.


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Fabric quality varied depending on occasion and position.


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The finest were karaori brocade.


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Kosodes were used in different ways: koshimaki, or “wrapped around the hips”, meant an overcode dressed in normal fashion, tied with a belt and then stripped off the shoulders; uchikake was a party code, dressed over other kosodes and left unbelted closed; katsugi, or “shadow garment” was pulled over the head like a cloak or veil to give shade.


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The Azuchi-Momoyama period (1568—1603) saw the unification of Japan by Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu.


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Clothing for this short season is characterized by applying for a glorious effect.


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There was a short-term interest in foreign countries when Portuguese explorers and missionaries visited the country.


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In vogue were plaid and striped fabrics imported from abroad and the tsujigahana technique, which combined shibori dyeing, painting, embroidery and the use of leaf metals.


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The Edo period (1603—1867) During the Edo period, clans' wars ceased, the importance of samurai declined, and culture was created by townspeople, merchants and artisans.


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Fashions began to fluctuate more and faster.


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New inventions always appeared in kimonos.


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The pattern of the sleeve was varied: in the middle of the 17th century the sleeves were very small and narrow, at the end of the 17th century (Genroku) they became very long and wide; then they again became smaller.


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Also, the obi changed a lot.


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The finger-wide band became palm-wide in the mid-17th century and women's obi became widened until the mid-18th century so that it finally covered the upper body from beneath the breasts to the hips and was 30 to 35 centimeters wide.


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The greatest novelty in dyeing and patterns was the yūzen silk painting technique, which yielded very multicolored and detailed patterns.


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Yūzen supplanted more old-fashioned decorating techniques in party kimonos.


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Samurai nobles who held power disliked the desire of the common people to basket; laws delineating luxury were enacted, forbidding, for example, the wearing of silk kimono by non-members of the samurai class.


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City dwellers responded to the limitations by developing a new way to be stylish: it emphasized thoughtful detail and carefree effortlessness.


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The style was called iki (elegant, elegant) and, among other things, komon kimonos were considered very elegant.


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You can get a good idea of the costumes of the Edo period from ukiyo-e woodcuts.


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Meiji period (1867—1912) Emperor Meiji wanted to modernize his country.


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He reformed the military and its uniforms.


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Parisian-style dresses with shoes and corsets were ordered for the court.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Among the people, the loans aroused both curiosity and suspicion.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Those men who had no post at court or relations there tended to acquire some foreign-style accessory at the beginning of the season to show that the owner had heard of new fashion trends: hat and shoes, for example, were in use with men's kimono hakama outfit.


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Towards the end of the season, such combinations disappeared and European attire became normal working attire.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

The kimono remained party and home wear.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Women's costume remained longer in the fashion of the Edo period: the womenethan were mostly at home.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Blackened teeth, plucked eyebrows and waxed hair appliances gradually disappeared.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

For example, the Empress stopped staining her teeth in 1873 and many women followed suit.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

However, even after World War II, older women with blackened teeth could be seen in Japan.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

The colours of kimonos were influenced by new chemical aniline colours to produce bright pinks, purples and blue.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

For the Japanese, the Gibson girl style nuttura hairstyle sokuhatsu was a suitably soft landing away from waxed nuttura hairstyles.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

The Taishō period (1912—1926) European clothing was a standard part of the dress of at least the townspeople, but the kimono was not an uncommon sight either.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

The won war against Russia had brought national pride to the end of the Meiji period.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

International fashion, on the other hand, had plenty of Japanese influences, waistless robes and straight lines, and the kimono seemed fashionable in the Western world.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Shōwa Period (1926—1989) As throughout the world, during the war, women left their homes to work.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

At work, women wore practical work clothes.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

During the war, attitudes towards kimonos also changed.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

The kimono was unnecessarily luxurious and impractical, even with its long sleeves dangerous.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

After the end of the war, women continued to wear practical and cheap European clothing, and there was no return to everyday wear of the kimono — it changed into a festive garment to demonstrate tradition, etiquette and solemnity.


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Kimono

In the Shōwa period, sorset came into use as a new material and seashell-based white gofun pigment began to be used.


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Kimono

In this case, a weaving technique was also developed, in which yarn made of silver foil was used as a weft.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

The colours of kimonos became brighter and silver was also popularized in embroidery especially during the early Shōwa period.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

In the patterns, intense colors and modern motifs were in fashion.


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[1] Heisei period (1989—) Men in modern times do not wear kimono almost never: most often the kimono is a wedding outfit or is associated with one of the traditional art activities [Dalby, Kimono 2].


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Kimono

For women, a kimono is usually a festive garment worn only on certain festive occasions.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

In addition to weddings and funerals of relatives, the most common kimono-wearing events for women include a shichi-go-san celebration for young children, a girl's 13th birthday party, graduation for higher education degrees, a maturity celebration, and a miai, or an arranged meeting aimed at engagement.


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Kimono

A party kimono in the price of a passenger car almost no one buys for themselves, but one is rented for the holiday.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Some consider kitsuke (or, “the art of dressing”) as a hobby as well and may own some elegant, non-ceremonial ensembles.


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Kimono

With the exception of dressing Yucata, only a few know how to wear a kimono on their own.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

As a small-scale fashion trend among young girls and women, there is a way to combine traditional kimono culture with street fashion.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

This style and its adherents are called kimono-hime, or “kimonoprinse”.


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Kimono

Structure and manufacture Kimono is made of long and narrow fabric, about 35 cm [Dalby, Kimono 3] wide.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

A cloth roll is traditionally the form in which the kimono is purchased: the fabric is sewn into a garment according to the dimensions.


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Kimono

Nowadays, even a new kimono can be purchased pre-stitched, but almost all silk kimonos are sold and purchased as fabric.


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Kimono

[Dalby, Kimono 3] When making kimono, the fabric is cut into rectangular pieces.


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Kimono

Full width pieces are used for body pieces and sleeves, I represent half-width pieces for extension pieces and collar.


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Kimono

The seam allowances and extra length are not cut out, but are folded inside neatly and sewn shut so that the garment can be easily widened or narrowed later and lengthened or shortened.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

[Dalby, Kimono 3] Before, everyday kimonos were also used to be assembled in a new order when washing so that the pieces would wear more evenly.


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Kimono

Kimonos are sewn mainly by hand, but for example some yukatas are sewn for the most part by a sewing machine.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Some of the kimono seams can theoretically be sewn by machine, but many seams, and especially the seam allowances, require stitches, which can only be done by hand stitching.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Hand-stitched seams often protect precious kimono fabric: if, for example, the sleeve sticks to something, instead of the fabric, the seam will tear, and the garment will suffer the minimum damage.


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Kimono

Also, the traditional washing method of kimonos arai hari, where the kimono is disassembled for washing, requires hand stitching.


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Kimono

Thanks to traditional Japanese sewing technology, an accustomed and skilled seamstress can sew even a full-length honbur in less than a day.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Materials and fabric grades Kimonos are traditionally made from natural fibers, but man-made fibres and mixed fibres are also used today.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

The formality and solemnity of the kimono depends in the first place on its material and the quality of the fabric.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

For example, a wool kimonoon is never embroidered or coloured by genus coats indicating formality.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

As a rule, formal kimonos are made of shiny silk, all others from unpolished silk and other materials.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Fabrics are divided not only according to the fiber used, but also by the patterning technique: somemono (, patterned by coloring), as a rule, is always more formal than orimono (, textured with fabric).


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Kimono

Traditional materials used in kimonos include silk (several grades), wool, cotton, niini [Dalby, Kimono 4], hemp [2] (), and rami.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Workwear is also made of fibre, for example, from blue-rain creeper [3].


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Kimono

Pattern motifs Almost all kimonos have patterns.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

The most popular patterns are different plants such as Japanese blue rain (fuji), emperor clematis (asagao), chrysanthemum (kiku) and pine (matsu).


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Other common topics include treasures of legends (takarazukushi) and various animals.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Very many topics relate to a particular season, for example, uchiwa fans for summer and reddish maple leaves for autumn.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Sometimes the first impression betrays: snowflakes and icebergs, for example, can be seen in summer kimonos.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

On the other hand, many patterns occur throughout the year.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Such are, for example, most animal, human and object subjects.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

In the old days, when the kimono was in common use, sympathy and anticipation of the seasons in dress was an outright art.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Nowadays, most want as variously usable kimono as possible, and so in many mountain kimonos you can see both spring and autumn patterns.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Most pattern motifs are very traditional and have been in use for up to hundreds of years.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Also for this reason, many patterns involve a great deal of symbolism, and some patterns and their combinations are well established, especially for festive use.


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Kimono

On the other hand, with the development and change of culture, old patterns are forgotten and new ones are introduced — today, for example, obes intended for the Christmas region with the theme of Western Christmas catalogue [4] with Santa Claus and fir trees are available.


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Kimono

Colors As well as pattern motifs, there is also a lot of symbolism and even superstition associated with the colors of kimonos.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Many meanings attached to colors are extremely old, but some have clearly changed over the decades and hundreds.


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Kimono

For example, bright red (kurenai), perceived as protective and good, was for a long time the colour of underwear for children and women, but today Japanese women could not imagine wearing a red underwear, since the colour today mainly implies only eroticism and sexuality.


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Almost the only exception to this are geishas and maikos, who, on the other hand, are allowed to be openly sexual as characters in the “Otherworld”, but who, as an institution, are clearly linked to the times of the past.


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Bright red has signified for a very long time both youth and life force and, as a direct metaphor, a fervent, fast-fading gentle, because the fabric of this color faded rapidly during traditional dyeing agents; a deep indigon blue () has been considered the color of faithful love (), which both remained cloth the same longer that is, due to its name, a direct reference to the word love ().


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Kimono

In addition to red, the main symbolic colors are black and white.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Black denotes formality and ceremoniality, and for example partially black tomesodes and furisodes are always more formal and ceremonial than their coloured counterparts.


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Kimono

The most formal and ceremonial possible kimono for a man is all-black.


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Kimono

Today, mourning kimonos are black, but used to be in some areas mourners wore white.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

White implies purity especially in the religious sense of the word.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Whole white is used only in rites of passage: the all-white kimono is the garment of the bride, the person preparing for suicide and the deceased.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Most colors are combined rather than certain specific symbol markings rather through the rules of propriety with the colors of children, women, men and the elderly.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Bright colors are considered suitable for children and young girls; women's colors range from clean and bright pastel tones for young women to folded or dark earth tones for the elderly; men's colors are mainly dark.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Gold and silver often refer to, but not always, a celebration.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Care and maintenance Before, kimonos were disassembled when washing and then sewn again to size.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

The wear of the garment could be slowed by changing the place of rectangular pieces.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

This traditional method of washing is called arai hari (“washing and needle”).


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Arai hari is a very expensive and demanding method of washing and one of the reasons for the decrease in the use of kimonos.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Modern fabrics and washing methods have reduced the need for arai hari, although it is still practiced, especially for the highest quality kimonos.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Many prefer chemical washing when washing kimonos.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Although dry cleaning is very expensive, it is more economical than arai haria.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

However, it is not suitable for certain fabric materials or colors.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

New kimonos most often have long loose gauze stitches on the outer edges.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

These sutures are called shitsuke ito.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

They help prevent wrinkling and folding, as well as keep the layers of the kimono aligned.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Sometimes they are sewn back into the kimono for longer storage.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

As with many other traditional Japanese garments, kimonos have their own ways of folding to help keep the garment straight and wrinkle-free during storage.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Kimonos are often wrapped for storage in a special papery or cloth bag called tatōshi or tatōgam.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

In kimono maintenance, ventilation is also an important part; kimonos in storage should be ventilated at least four times a year.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

The kimonos in use are ventilated before and after each use.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Ventilation cleans and dries the fabric, preventing the formation of mold and stale odors, for example.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

In Japan's humid climate, ventilating kimonos is downright necessary.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

While kimonos were still everyday everyday clothes, they were naturally tinkered in many ways.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

The general feature of traditional correction methods is a far-reaching sparing nature: for example, worn lining was replaced only when using the edges of the cuffs and other places; from the inner parts to the worn passages, places or reinforcing stitches were sewn.


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Kimono

When fraying or revealing the manning fabric, a supporting cloth was placed under it, which was fixed with stitches.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Many times such repair stitches were decorative.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

If any part of the garment was completely defaced, fabrics or parts from another broken garment could be taken to replace it.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Whole underwear could be sewn from miscellaneous surplus patches.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

When the garment was so worn that it was no longer worth repairing, it became, in turn, for example, children's clothing needs and repair patches.


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Kimono

Kimono outfit parts and accessories Footwear Tabi: lined fabric socks with a separate hole for the big toe.


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Kimono

In formal situations, tabs are always white.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Today, colored tabs are used more boldly than before.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Zōri: flip-flops with raised soles — the higher, its festive injuries.


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Kimono

Types of zōri include soe-braided or plastic nii-imitation zōri for everyday summer use vinyl zōri for informal occasions and for celebrations enamel-skinned, silky or brocaded zōri for formal formal occasions Geta: beam-soled clogs.


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Kimono

Men's cheetas are angular, women's oval.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

In modern times, getas are very informal and are mainly used only with yukata.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

The geishas, though, also use cheetas with a slap-hemed kimono.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Lingerie Datejime: wide and thin but stiff underbelt that fastens the kimono.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Often silky and stick-bound, but Velcro fastened datejimes are also available nowadays.


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Kimono

Hadajuban: A back-to-the-skin undershirt with short sleeves and an open neck so that it can't be seen from under the kimono.


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Kimono

Hadajuban is not always used.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Nagajuban: vessel kimono.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

The vessel kimono is an important part of the kimono costume.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

It can make the kimono sit the way it should.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

The most important part is the collar to which we sew a han different loose collar and between it the kovike erishin.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

To the seam of the loose collar, to the middle back, a “collar adjuster” chikara nuno can be sewn to regulate the place of the collar on the neck.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

The vessel kimono also protects the kimono from, among other things, sweat and skin fat.


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Kimono

Today, nagajuban is white on formal occasions and possibly very shark caste coloured or patterned on informal occasions.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

The collar and armpit of the underarm may have bands for easy fixation.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

The underkimono is made shorter than the kimono, so it is not folded from the waist.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

In historical costumes and geisha costume, the underkimono is a showy accessory that can be intensely coloured and can often be seen from beneath a slouching overhead kimono.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Historical costumes in woodcuts often include a vessel kimono, possibly several intermediate monos (dōnuki or aigi), an overcoat kimono, and an overrobe uchikake.


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Kimono

Susoyoke: wrapping petticoat.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Facilitates walking in a kimono and protects the hem.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Not visible through a kimono unlike conventional knickers.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

In historical costumes, koshimaki, or loincloth, often made of red cloth.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Paddings: underwear can be worn on top of the body shape if you aim for the cylindrical shape that is sought today.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Women's body in particular often needs to be padded to achieve the desired shape: stuffing is put around the narrow waist to prevent the kimono and obi from wrinkling; other frequently padded spots include the lumbar, shoulders, collarbone area and breast spacing.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

In men, padding is often added to the abdominal region to create a small, manly abdominal mound.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Tsuke-different: a loose collar that supports the top kimono.


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Kimono

Put on a sleeved hadajuban and fastened in place with ribbons.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Collar The collar should remain smooth and form a clear V-shape at the front.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

In unmarried young women and girls, the angle is obtuse, in married and older women sharp.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

The collarbones should not appear.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

In women, the collar should be detached from the neck, about three to four finger widths.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

The sight of the neck is thought to be sexually provocative; the collar of geishas may be as low as to show an upper angle from the scapula, but is by no means appropriate for ordinary women.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Young women might wear a kimono deliberately slightly more open than usual at the back of the neck.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

In males, the collar is occipital.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

The Chikara-nunō is an auxiliary that is sewn firmly between the collar and the dorsal piece of the underbody mono.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

It is a broad-electric strip of fabric with loops into which an auxiliary band can be threaded.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

The Chikara nunō can be used to adjust and control the positioning of the vessel kimono and, through this, the collar of the kimono with the neck.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

A han-eri (“half-collar”) is a loose collar of a vessel kimono whose function is to protect the actual collar of the kimono.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

At its most formal, the bulk collar of the underkimono is white, but at its most festive it is thickly embroidered.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

An eri-shin (“collar inness”) is a collar hardike that is threaded inside the bulk collar (han-eri) of the vessel kimono to keep the collar straight and smooth.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Today erishins are often made of plastic mesh; previously, hard cotton cloth was used.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Date-different or kasane-eri is an “undercollar” or fake collar.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

It is an accessory that is dressed under the collar of a kimono for decorativeness and belongs only to party kimonos.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

It creates the impression of another kimono (aigi) held under the kimono.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

An eri-sugata is a loose false collar that can be used to replace the collared vessel kimono.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Eri sugata is used in summer and sometimes as an accessory with yukata.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

The kake-different is the collar top or cover.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Since the collar is the easiest to wear and dirty part of the kimono, it is desirable to protect it as best as possible.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

A kaitale is sewn over the collar, which can be washed and changed without touching the kimono itself.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

The kake-eri extends to the top edge of the obi and therefore does not cover the entire collar piece.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Today it's the same fabric as the kimono.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Auxiliary Belts When wearing kimono especially women need several different laces and auxiliary belts to fasten the underkimono and kimono as desired before tying the obi.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

A datejime is an underbelt used by one for the vessel mono and the other for the top kimono.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

When wearing an alkalimono and kimono, a lot of different folds and ribbons accumulate on the waist, so a datejime is worn under the obi.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

It smoothes the surface and supports the actual belt.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

The finest datejims are thick and hard hakata-ori silk lashes.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Datejime may have strips with which it is easier to attach.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Today, there are also belts made of elastic material, which can be fastened with a skirt or sticker.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Karihimo is a woolen or silky ribbon used, among other things, to attach a kimono in the early stages of dressing.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

They are needed for dressing several pieces.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

The carihimo used to bind an ohashori loincfold is called a koshihimo, or lumbar band.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

The kōrin (“colleen”) is a modern auxiliary to secure the collar in place.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

It is a rubber band fitted with pinches (the original brand name is Colleen; hence the name), which is threaded from the dorsal armpit and attached to the edges of the collar.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Obi Obi () is a belt of kimono.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

In modern times, a woman's obi is an eye-catching outfit.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

However, it no longer really holds on to the kimono; this is done by the numerous underbelts and laces left under the obi.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

A woman's obi requires stationary and form to keep up with its own toughness and ribbons.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

There are many types of female obes: wide, long and brocaded for celebration, and narrower, simpler for everyday life.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

Women's obit is made of very thick fabric or a hard interlining is added to it from thick cotton or herbal linen.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

The very festive female obi is on average 30 cm wide and 3.5—4 m long.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

Kimono

A silky and embroidered obi can be more expensive than the entire rest of the kimono outfit put together.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

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The obi is knotted on the back side of the kimono; only in young children is the obi knotted in front.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

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Men's obes are significantly simpler and more modest than women's and there are only a couple of different types.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

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Accessories Outerwear with kimono can be considered many outerwear.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

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The haori jacket is certainly the most famous.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

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The haori is like a short kimono, sometimes its sides may have flaring wedges.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

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There are haoreja for different occasions: ¾ long haori is more formal than short, i.e. half-length.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

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Black and coat of arms belongs to ceremonial occasions, colorful ones are informal.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

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The haori is kept open on top and “closed” by cords at the edges of the collar.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

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The laces of the female haori enter the upper edge of the obi, the place of the laces of the male haori is lower in the middle.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

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Michiyuki is a European-inspired overcoat.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

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It has a button or push-button fastening and a quadrangular collar from which the kimono collar can be seen.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

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A dōchū-gi is an unfashionable overcoat that, too, takes the form of a short kimono.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

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Its collars are closed crosswise as in a kimono and tied with ribbons on the collar and side.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

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Dōchū-gi has originally been worn on top of a protective jacket while traveling.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

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You can also wear a shoulder scarf with a kimono.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

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A shoulder warmer made of fur and sometimes decorated with down wool belongs to the outerwear of furisode.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

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According to the Japanese label, the overcoat, as well as shoes, should always be taken off at the door.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

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However, the haor is considered to be part of the outfit and can be worn indoors as well.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

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Bags Miyabi-kago is an old-fashioned handbag with a basket bottom and a canvas bag attached to it with cords.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

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Hakoseko is an old-fashioned, folding purse.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

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It belongs to the traditional wedding dress and the shichi-go-san costume of a seven-year-old girl.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

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Kinchaku is a cloth bag with a basket bottom.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

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Sukiya-bukuro is a small flat purse bag.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

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Furoshiki is a traditional carry-on cloth and gift wrap.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

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Its solemnity depends on the material and patterns.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

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Kago, or basket, is very informal and perhaps fits with yukata.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

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You can also wear a European-style bag with a kimono, but the bag with the kimono should be as small as possible.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

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Carrying large items in a festive dress is considered inappropriate.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

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Jewelry Hair Jewelry Traditionally, Japanese costume has not included actual jewelry.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

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Among the most important items of jewelry for women have been hair ornaments.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

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Even today, it is customary not to wear ear or necklaces or rings with a kimono.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

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Hair jewelry is traditionally made from wood, bone, tortoiseshell, coral, amber, jade, precious metals, and iron.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

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Sometimes decorations are also made of glass.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

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Obidome Obi-dome, or obisolki, was apparently invented in the Meiji period, when women wanted to attach some piece of jewelry to their costumes in the European way.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

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The obi's jewelry buckle is attached to a ribbon like obijime around, in the middle, or a little to the side.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

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There are several types of materials; the most common are quite small and inexpensive buckles or beads, which are made from ceramics, varnish, enamel leather or engraving.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

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Expensive jewellery is also made for finer party kimonos and, for example, Gion's maikos wear bulky, expensive buckles made of coral, jade, precious metals and precious stones.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

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Women's Kimono Types Ceremonial Wedding Dress () In a Shinto wedding ceremony, the bride usually wears uchikake (or) with a white kakeshita kimono underneath.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

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Uchikake can be shiromuku, pure white, usually however brocade.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

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Coloured uchikake most traditionally has a red or orange-red ground colour.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

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Red is the colour of youth, happiness and celebration commonly in Asia.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

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Depending on the ceremony and the duration of the festivities, the bride appears first in the uchikake, then in furisode, which may be slap-beaded (hikifurisode) and finally still in tomesode, indicating her new status as wife.


Question: Where did Geisha's clothing style come from?

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Nowadays, she may still have European party dresses for dinner or evening banquets.