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With thin open silken robe thrown over his _katabira_ or summer robe, lacking shirt, and wearing the wide woven grass cloth _hakama_ (trousers) which sought every breeze, he carried a fan in his hand.
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As it was thought shameful to bury her in the foul rags found upon her, some poor person gave a wornout summer-robe (katabira) to wrap her body in; and she was interred near Arashiyama at a spot still pointed out to travellers as the "Place of the Katabira" (Katabira-no-Tsuchi).
In Ghostly Japan Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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_katabira_ (light summer wear) in winter, triple gear in summer, to undergo the hardships of the battlefield.
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