Most kimono are designed to have pretty flowers and such on the left side (when worn).
When a person dies though, the right side of the kimono is placed over the left, so these pretty flowers and such tend to get covered up.
This is a photo I took back in 2008 at the Toji flea market, you can see the left side of the kimono (when a person wears it) is very decorative and the right side is kind of plain.
Interesting. I learned about the left over right because when I dressed my daughter for her first girls day picture several people told me I did it wrong, like for dead people. oops. Didn't take notice about designs on kimono so thanks for info.
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V, my cousin’s husband remembers it like this “leftover rice” = left over right:)
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I didn't know that!
ReplyDeleteJalna, interesting yeah?!
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wow that is an interesting tidbit to share about kimonos; now I must look better when I see one.
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That's very interesting Kat. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeletegood to know yeah, Kirk?!
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