hakama

• “It consisted of the ankle-length pleated trousers called a hakama, and a stiff-shouldered vest.”

  Simon & Schuster: Home Is the Hunter

• “The hakama is a kind of trousers made of silk, and is worn by men instead of an under-kimono.”

  Peeps at Many Lands: Japan

• “The hakama was a species of divided skirt, used by men and women alike.”

  A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era

• “I was most impressed by this unusual but positive Martial Art, this was the first time I had seen a teacher wearing a hakama.”

  Aikido in the UK – the Beginning « English Lesson Plans « Free Lesson Plans « Literacy News

• “Eric Dollimore came out from the changing room after removing his hakama, he stepped onto the tatami as the rest of the dan grades stopped to watch what was now happening.”

  Aikido in the UK – the Beginning « English Lesson Plans « Free Lesson Plans « Literacy News

• “For instance, for formal occasions, men wore Western-style hats with haori, a traditional waistcoat, hakama, an outer garment worn over the kimono that is either split like pants between the legs or nonsplit like a skirt.”

  Women of Meiji Japan & Western Fashion | Edwardian Promenade

• “The hakama, as worn by the young boy, can be worn as an outer garment over the kimono.”

  Women of Meiji Japan & Western Fashion | Edwardian Promenade

• “In general my mind tends toward the moribund so I imagined things like my foot getting caught on my uke's hakama and breaking my ankle or tonking my head so hard on the mat that it would trigger an epileptic fit.”

  The Huffington Post: Susan Harrow: Aikido Test Jitters: The Body Doesn't Obey

• “When the blunders, missteps and accidents nudged their way into this visualization, I'd breathe, reset and begin with the last positive thought before the foot in hakama ankle break took over.”

  The Huffington Post: Susan Harrow: Aikido Test Jitters: The Body Doesn't Obey

• “It's a festive, catered affair, with Consul General Kazuaki Kubo and his wife Kazuko in traditional Japanese garb of kimono and hakama greeting guests as they arrive.”

  The Huffington Post: Gil Asakawa: Rapids' Kosuke Kimura Was the Star at Japanese Emperor's Birthday Reception

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