AMAZING reference chart put together by Nadeshico Rin, showing the different attires worn by the men of the buke class in and about Edo Castle. OP stresses the chart is by no means exhaustive - but it helps picturing things SO MUCH!
For easier reading, I have adapted the chart with english translation. Rin has also created illustrations detailing each attire, I'll translate those in coming days under the tag "samurai kimono".
Le jour du Mardi Gras, je suis allé à Binche, ville wallonne de Belgique, pour assister au Carnaval. J'en ai profité pour visiter le très intéressant Mumask (Musée international du Carnaval et du Masque). Ici l'aile des masques et costumes du Monde.
masque du Général barbare Xia Houdon, pour le théâtre "Dixi" - Guizhou, Chine, fin XXe s
masque de taoïste avec un bec de coq, pour le théâtre "Dixi" - Guizhou, fin XXe s
masque nô de chujo (lieutenant) et de femme magojiro - Japon, fin XIXe s.
costume d'Okina, chukei (éventail) - Kyoto, XXIe s.
costume d'Okina, kariginu (robe) - Kyoto, XXIe s.
costume d'Okina, sashi nuki (pantalon) - Kyoto, XXIe s.
From the popular series Hikaru no Go comes a 1/7 scale figure that magnificently captures the Heian-era go player set on mastering the Hand of God, Fujiwara no Sai. The 9.1" figurine captures Sai in mid movement as his white robes flow around him and his long hair sways to the side behind him. His graceful pose and soft yet confident expression add to the figure’s highlights.
Asian Clothing Figurines Review
Asian Clothing: Japanese Kimono
Kimono Type: Heian Kimono: Kariginu-sugata
Accuracy Rating: 5/5
Explanation: Perfection! For a heian-period men’s kariginu-sugata, it’s perfect! This outfit consists of, put simply, white kosode & shitabakama (which serve as underwear), wine-colored akome, robin's-egg-blue-colored sashinuki (i.e. "puffy" hakama), and the white kariginu (big floppy kimono-like overrobe). He's also wearing a tate-eboshi (the tall black hat on his head) and appears to be dancing with a sensu-ogi (i.e. paper folding fan).
The underwear layer is only visible at his neck (as it should be), while the remaining layers are easily distinguished by color. The red akome and white kariginu are both osode style, meaning that the opening where the hand exits the sleeve is completely open. Even the strings on the edges of the kariginu sleeves are accurate to historical garments! He's also styled the kariginu correctly where the front is bloused over a belt and the back is worn long. Tate-eboshi are usually worn over a hairstyle called motodori, which is essentially a tall thin man-bun, but wearing it over long loose hair was possible with the attachment of strings to tie it under the chin. High marks all around!
Reposting this again due to an edit I made. The reason for that is because it turns out their previous outfit(hakama and arrow kimono) they wore in the BOTW era was from the Taisho Period, not Meiji like I originally believed, so I changed the outfit to a furisode kimono, I kept the boots and glasses though.
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This is the first base drawing I did using Paint.Net, I wanted to try something with the app so I used a chibi base(because chibis are easier), it took a bit due to some issues(as well as finding PNG logos for the games) but I took care of it.
Outfits/Forms
Pilgrim wear
- The second reason why I wanted to do this drawing, I learned that the Ichimegasa(that veil hat) that I have to Majora is also from the Japanese Heian period, it’s just mostly reserved for noblewomen pilgrims. I’d imagine that this is what they would wear whenever they travel outside the Demon Realm or Palace because it involves travelling. They’re also childhood friends with Bellum and has a very nasty beef with Malladus.
Court witch
- The outfit that they’re best known for at the palace, again they’re wearing something that’s from the Japanese Heian Period, I know Majora’s meant to be somewhat female coded but I gave them a man’s Kariginu instead of a woman’s Junihitoe because I wanted to change things up a little(that and I imagined that walking around in 12 layers of Kimono robes would be difficult). The buddhist/shinto beads around their neck references Majora’s eventual mask form and the 5 regions of Termina.
Majora’s Mask(feat. Skull Kid)
- Self explanatory but I’ll explain anyways, they entered Termina gravely injured because of the Demon Realm falling apart and became the way they’re known for due to the “Song of Healing” played by the man that saved them, but then the man died and an ancient tribe found Majora and began to use them for their hexing rituals, turning them insane overtime until they eventually snapped. They began reign of terror on all of humanity as a result of it, even going as far as to possess a young child, aka Skull Kid.
Lost soul
- A bit of a twist ending to “Majora’s Mask”, instead of being killed off, they instead got themselves banished from their mask body the moment the Fierce Deity laid the final blow, as well as losing all of their magic. Becoming a lost and restless soul, they spent most of their time wondering around multiple realms and countries mindlessly as well as harassing Time!Link’s descendants from both “Twilight Princess” and “Four Swords Adventures” out of pure spite and hatred towards the Hero that defeated them.
“Villager” wear
- This is what Majora would wear during the first half of “Hyrule Warriors”* after Veran makes them a new body made of mud, they were first founded and recruited by Zant, and because they didn’t have their magic back yet, they acted as his personal informant by pretending to be a innocent village girl named “Selene”** who acted as a victim, and baited Warriors!Link out of all the information he knows regarding his search for Zelda and the time portals…Also this outfit is very unoriginal, it’s based off of Hatsune Miku’s Avant-garde outfit. I should’ve used it for Margarita’s mage outfit remake but it’s one of my favorite Project Diva outfits and I just can’t help drawing them in it, let me have this.
Fighter wear
- The FIRST reason why I did this drawing in the first place. This is what they would wear during the second half of “Hyrule Warriors” and onward, they needed a proper outfit for combat as well as looking fabulous, I kinda designed it with some references to “Senbonzakura” but I also modeled it more towards Sheikah apparel in mind. After faking their death to get away from Warriors!Link, they’re now allowed to do whatever they want as well as try restoring their lost magic, going under the name of “Hecate”*** to avoid suspicion, but they were reprimanded by Beelzebub and Lucifer shortly after. They would wear this later on centuries later.
Post-Calamity Termina
- They would wear this while settling down in Ikana Valley’s Hill Town, under the name of “Tsuki”, and pretends to be some clumsy witch to make themselves look innocent and to avoid suspicions, during this time they lost their leg to a rampaging guardian and finally regain the magic they have lost(but not enough to end the world). Their outfit was popular during Japan’s Late-Edo and Early-Meiji Period and it’s meant to reflect Termina becoming more modern in a short period of time, I also gave them glasses to give them that innocent nerdy look(or mad scientist?), I also replaced the star symbol on their hakama with a Stone Tower emblem to make it seem like they’re from Ikana.
Modern Hyrule
- Everyone knows this, but this is what they wear onwards during ORAS and Modern Day Hyrule, the overalls are meant to make Majora look very childish despite being full grown. During this time, traveled back to the Demon Realm with Beelzebub and Lucifer to restore it to it’s former glory. During the Modern Times, they still continue to cause trouble for all the humans(especially Link), even getting arrested on several occasions for multiple counts of domestic terrorism, disturbing the peace, and illegal usage of moon magic. They’re also seen lurking around the Twilight Realm.
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*Yes, Hyrule Warrior is part of Zelda canon in this universe, fucking fight me
** Selene is the Greek goddess of the moon
*** Hecate is the Greak goddess of magic, witchcraft, moon, the night, ghosts and necromancy
Human and Demon design belongs to me
Base belongs to Vonibuu
Blank base here: https://www.deviantart.com/vonibuu/art/F2U-chibi-base-502327388
Other formal outfits of Heian ancestry - Kariginu, Hoi and Nôshi attires
(as worn by samurai of the Edo period - great charts by Nadeshico Rin). You can find more about samurai ranks and their regulated attires under the tag "samurai kimono".
The Kariginu
狩衣 Kariginu first appeared during Heian period where they were informal attires worn by kuge (nobibilty) men for activities such as hunting and 蹴鞠 kemari ball games.
Kariginu rose to formal status during Kamakura period when it started being worn by the buke (warrior class). In Edo period, it was worn by upper-ranked samurai (4th rank and above).
Edo-period kariginu designates a patterned clothing (different from the hoi, see below), often decorated with the family 紋 mon (crest). Colors were not regulated.
風折烏帽子 Kazaori-eboshi - black-lacquered hat made of silk, cloth or paper, originally worn by Heian nobility. Many eboshi shapes exist, this one is a upright style (tate-eboshi 立烏帽子) with top folded to the left.
末広 Suehiro - a type of formal folding fan.
TN: the fan drawn here ressemble more a 中啓 chûkei, as suehiro have curving ribs which don't seems to be the case here (find more about fan types here)
指貫 sashinuki (or 奴袴 nubakama) - large bouffant pants.
Also, note the bare feet! Rin doesn't comment this but this was probably a way to put it below sokutai and ikan (which do have socks)
袖括 Sodekukuri - decorative sleeve ties. Originally appeared on Heian clothings (like kariginu, nôshi, etc) where they were used to tighten sleeve cuffs.
The Hoi
布衣 Hoi is a variation of 狩衣 kariginu (see above).
During Edo period, it was worn by some hatamoto (6th rank samurai) via explicit permission of the shogunate - setting those rewarded by this honor apart from other vassals of the same rank.
Compared to kariginu, hoi were plain solid color.
It is worn here over a 熨斗目 noshime, a samurai kosode (=ancestor of the kimono) with stripes or lattice pattern at waist area.
As for the kariginu, note the bare feet!
The Nôshi
直衣 Nôshi was a type of everyday robes which were first worn by males of the imperial family during Heian era. Formality placed it then above kariginu.
Overtime, their use spread among nobility, and by Edo period, they were a "tad-formal" attire worn by Shogun's family for worship celebrations.
立烏帽子 Tate-eboshi - upright lacquered hat
袍 Hô - round-necked robe with large boxy sleeves
檜扇 hiôgi - formal folding fan made of cypress, also of Heian history. Those were unpatterned as painted ones were for women
指貫 Sashinuki (or 奴袴 nubakama) - large bouffant pants
“Freeform” kimono costumes styling by Mozu. It’s always interesting to see what can by done with kimono silhouettes:
First outfit is a shiromuku (white bridal kimono) tweaked with an additional usu-uchikake (sheer overcoat) and a glorious headpiece with a central motif inspired by Heian court ladies saishi 釵子 (or hirabitai 平額)
Second outfit features too an usu-uchikake (sheer overcoat) and has the obi tied in wide front bow(s?) inspired by high-end courtesans (Tayuu + Oiran) fashion.
Third outfit reminds me of a miko under a sakura tree. The set is not a “true” miko one (no hibakama/red pants and hakui/white kimono). But the overall feeling is nicely conveyed by the color scheme + the sheer overcoat covered in sakura petals is kind of a mix between a chihaya (miko vest, see below) and a suikan or kariginu (a type of coat from Heian era) :)
