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Kimono with Fan motif Kimono with Fan motif
Once it became fashionable to wear kimono as outer garments, they were combined with a trouser like vesture called, hakama. Around the 15th century, kimono were worn without hakama and this fashion became the standard for both men and women. Kimono had became a single layer, multicolored robe with rectangular sleeves, and was secured at the waist by a sash called the obi.

FANS
Early 18th Century

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