The Japanese Wedding Kimono Is Exquisitely Beautiful!

If you have an interest in wedding rituals and wedding dresses from other countries, you might find that you are quite interested in how beautiful the Japanese wedding kimono is.

The wedding kimono that is worn today during traditional ceremonies originated from a style that was popular during the Edo era, and though hundreds of years have gone past, this style is still one that continues to please and delight today.

Take a look at this beautiful robe and see what makes it so very impressive and so very much a part of the traditional Japanese wedding ceremony.

Today in Japan, a woman might choose to get married in a formal western wedding dress or one that is more casual.

But there are still many women who prefer to have the full traditional ceremony, and in many cases, that involves the wedding kimono known as the uchikake.

An uchikake was originally an elaborate robe that was reserved for the nobility before the Edo era. During the Edo era, however, it became the robe that women wore to get married in, and it has remained a part of the Japanese wedding ever since.

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An uchikake was always made out of heavy, embroidered silk, and nature designs, especially cranes and pines, were often used on them.

An uchikake could be of any color, but they are all long and will trail behind the bride as she makes her entrance. The hem of the robe is typically padded and the additional weight allows the robe to hold a lovely shape as the bride progresses.

With the amount of work that goes into an uchikake, and due to the expense of maintaining one, many families have chosen to rent their wedding kimono instead of purchasing them. This is a trend that became popular during the 1960s and continues to be quite popular to this day.

When looking through pictures of the Japanese wedding kimono known as the uchikake, one cannot help but notice the prevalence of the pure white robe, which is called the shiromuku.

The shiromuku is an uchikake that is always made out of pure white silk, and in Japanese culture, the pureness of the white silk refers to the bride's willingness to appear as a clean canvas for her soon to be husband and his family.

In a formal wedding, which lasts three days, a shiromuku would always be worn on the first day. On the second day, a robe of red would be worn to ward off evil spirits and on the third day, a formal black kimono would be worn.

Just like many American brides will appear with a veil, a Japanese bride wearing shiromuku will have her own white headdress.

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This headdress is known as the tsuno kakushi, and it is often formed through the use of a white hood over a pair of golden horns. This is meant to be something that also symbolizes a bride's obedience to her husband.

The bride will also likely wear a white silk purse called a hakoseko, and in some cases, she will carry a small, covered sword known as a kaiken. Take a look at the beautiful Japanese wedding kimono and you will find yourself looking at a textile work of art!

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