The earliest representations of dress styles in Japan are to be found in 3rd- to 5th-century ce clay grave figures (haniwa), a few of which show men and women wearing meticulously detailed two-piece costumes consisting of crossed-front jackets that flare out over the hips, the men’s worn over full trousers, which, banded above the knees, hang straight and loose beneath; women’s jackets were worn over pleated skirts. Two-piece costumes appear to have been worn regularly during the 7th and 8th centuries, the jackets of this period being called kinu, the men’s trousers hakama, and the women’s skirts mo. However, during ...(100 of 25363 words)