十二単

See also: 十二單

Japanese

明治33年(1900年)
結婚の儀に臨む九条節子

Sadako Kujō (Empress Teimei) wearing jūni-hitoe at her wedding ceremony in 1900.
十二単 (jūni-hitoe): the plant in genus Ajuga
Kanji in this term
じゅう
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Grade: 1
ひとえ
Grade: 4
goon kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
十二單 (kyūjitai)
十二一重
十二単衣

Etymology

Compound of 十二 (jūni, twelve) + (hitoe, unlined or single-layer robe).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) じゅうにひと [jùúní hítóꜜè] (Nakadaka – [5])[2]
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑɨᵝːɲ̟i çito̞e̞]

Noun

(じゅう)()(ひとえ) • (jūni-hitoe) 

  1. (clothing) a ceremonial twelve-layered robe worn by women of the imperial court, consisting of twelve single-layer unlined robes worn one over the other
    This style became fashionable some time in the tenth century during the Heian period. Starting from the Muromachi period, the term jūni-hitoe was also used in the popular culture to refer to the five-layer 五重唐衣裳 (goe-karaginumo) style.
  2. (botany) Ajuga nipponensis, a perennial plant in the mint family and native to Japan

Usage notes

References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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