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Outside of Japan, (also ''gusoku shita'') refers to a type of shirt worn by the ''''Secrets of the samurai: a survey of the martial arts of feudal Japan''
Authors Oscar Ratti, Adele Westbrook, Publisher Tuttle Publishing, 1991, P.196
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Outside of Japan, (also ''gusoku shita'') refers to a type of shirt worn by the ''Samurai
The samurai () were members of the warrior class in Japan. They were originally provincial warriors who came from wealthy landowning families who could afford to train their men to be mounted archers. In the 8th century AD, the imperial court d ...
'' class of feudal Japan
The first human inhabitants of the Japanese archipelago have been traced to the Paleolithic, around 38–39,000 years ago. The Jōmon period, named after its cord-marked pottery, was followed by the Yayoi period in the first millennium BC whe ...
when they were wearing full armour. In the common and modern use of Japanese language, however, "''shitagi''" just means underwear
Underwear, underclothing, or undergarments are items of clothing worn beneath outer clothes, usually in direct contact with the skin, although they may comprise more than a single layer. They serve to keep outer clothing from being soiled ...
.
The shitagi was the second garment to be put on, coming second only to the '' Fundoshi'' (Japan loincloth). The shitagi was like a short ''kimono
The is a traditional Japanese garment and the national dress of Japan. The kimono is a wrapped-front garment with square sleeves and a rectangular body, and is worn Garment collars in hanfu#Youren (right lapel), left side wrapped over ri ...
'' with a button at the neck and a thin attached waist cord (obi).
There are several types of shitagi. The shitagi would be put on as though it were a kimono, the left hand being put first into its sleeve, and then the right, the neck would then button, and the waist cord tie at the back.Authors Oscar Ratti, Adele Westbrook, Publisher Tuttle Publishing, 1991, P.196
See also
* ''Keikogi
(, 'practice', , 'dress' or 'clothes'), also known as or , is a traditional uniform worn for training in Japanese martial arts and their derivatives. Emerging in the late 19th century, the was developed by judo founder Kanō Jigorō.
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* '' Uwagi''
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* {{Japanese (samurai) weapons, armour and equipment Samurai clothing Japanese upper-body garments