Recently, due to the spread of personal computers and smartphones, opportunities to write by yourself have decreased significantly. Perhaps because of that, isn't there an increase in the number of kanji that can be read but can't be written when you try to write them? "I used to be able to write smoothly, but I sometimes feel that my writing ability has declined."
By reading and writing kanji while watching videos, you can train your brain. Also, through this article, I hope you will learn more about reading, writing, and the meaning of kanji, and use it to keep your kanji skills at a high level.
The 81st installment of "Brain Training Kanji" will introduce "Hitatare". It is the name of the clothing worn from the Kamakura to Edo period.
Please deepen your knowledge of kanji while training your memory by "reading and writing" while watching a video of brain training kanji.
Do you have any idea how to read the kanji "hitare"? It's neither ``Jikatare'' nor ``Chokusui''...
The correct answer is..."Hitare".
In "Shogakukan Digital Daijisen", it is written that ``There is no kumihimo, there is kumihimo kikutoji and chest strap, and there is sleeve tie. It is described as a garment with dew dripping on it with gukuri.
It is a costume that combines the left and right front bodies, which are worn together, in other words, a V-necked jacket called "Tarekubi" and a hakama of the same color. A string is attached to the left and right sides of the collar and tied, the front is fastened, the sleeves are tied, and the hem is tucked into the hakama. Today, you can see gagaku musicians and sumo referees wearing them.
There are various theories about the etymology of Hitatare. One of the theories is that it comes from the meaning of ``Hita (straight) and Tare (vertical)''. If you write '直' and read it as 'Hita', it means 'directly, exactly'. In addition, it is believed that ``tare'' means ``hanging the collar from the shoulder to the left and right of the chest''.
While the type of collar ``maru-eri'' is a circular collar that surrounds the neck, ``tarikubi'' is the left and right side of the collar from the shoulder to the chest. It refers to the collar that hangs over the top, and this corresponds to the collar of Hitatare. It is thought that clothes with collars that were ``straight'' and ``sloping'' were called ``hitare'' to represent this feature.
"Hitare" was originally the plain clothes of the common people. However, in the latter half of the Heian period, samurai began to wear it due to its active nature, and in the Kamakura period, it became the regular clothing when serving the shogunate. And after the Muromachi period, it is said that it came to occupy a position as a formal dress. In the Edo period, it became a general high-end formal dress, excluding sokutai.
In Japan, the origin of the clothing that represents the clothing of the samurai family was the ordinary clothing of the common people.
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How was it? Would this introduction of "Hitatare" help you expand your kanji knowledge? "Hitare" may also be seen in the NHK Taiga drama "Kamakura-dono no thirteen" set in the Kamakura period. Why don't you take a look at the costumes too?
See you next week.
Text / Riko Toyoda (Kyoto Media Line) Animation / Nanae Suzuki (Kyoto Media Line) HP: http://kyotomedialine.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kyotomedialine/