Haori

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Base Info
Moe Point	Haori (羽織, はおり)
Type	Clothing

The haori is a type of Japanese clothing, and a moe point in the ACG subculture.

Introduction

The haori is worn as protection from the cold, as a sundress, on top of long, small sleeves. Although it has been used since the late Muromachi period, it wasn't until modern times that it began to be used universally.

Origin

The origins of the haori are widely debated, other similar clothes before its appearance were the dōfuku and the jūtoku. Men wore haori since the Azuchi-Momoyama period, Warring States-period soldiers wore them to protect themselves from the cold in the battlefield, putting haori outside of their armor. Because of its ease of use, it quickly became an everyday item. At that time, the term "haori" didn't exist, they were called dōfuku instead. As far as the parity of the clothing is concerned, it is used the same as the hitatare, daimon, and suou during the audience with the general, and in contrast to the hakama used in scholar uniforms, the haori were a lower-class item, existing as civilian clothing. On the other hand, outside of ranks and files, the "hakama and haori combo" is second only to the hakama in formal wear. Hakama were only rarely worn at festivals or cosplay events, but the "hakama and haori combo" is still worn in modern times as formal men's wear.

Jūtoku haori

It is worn outside the kimono and it is a type of outerwear. It has been around since the Kamakura period, and used as casual clothing, but into the Edo period, it became the formal wear of monks, doctors, artists, Confucians, and tea ceremony hall masters, among others. They are worn over casual kimono with long hakama. It is still used in tea ceremony activities of the Machijin system. Haori were originally a military outfit of the Warring States period; in the Edo period, more and more women wore it. It is used as a "dressing gown" for women's tops. In addition, the tatsumi geisha, from the middle of the Edo period, became famous for wearing haori. With the development of the times, women's haori became famous within the karyūkai community, it was after the Meiji period that it was used in conjunction with the hakama as a single outfit. Because of such origins, it is considered to have a "cold-proof" effect, although it is also used as formal wear for women in wedding ceremonies. However, the haori is still not recognized officially as women's clothing (except for the kuro montsuki haori introduced later).

Development

Edo period

In the Edo period, the black-colored iromuji was not used as mourning clothes among civilians.

Meiji period and after

The length of the women's haori changes with the fashion, the Meiji and Taisho periods had long haori that went down to the knees, in the Showa era 30s, short haori that only covered the waistband were popular. After this, since the kimono itself was becoming less and less used as casual wear, haori were gradually being made less and less. But due to the classical kimono craze in recent years, haori are once again gaining popularity. For example, long haori had a boom from 2004 to 2005.

Characters with this moe point

This is just a list of a few classical characters ^(note) with this moe point. Please do not add an excessive number of characters to this list.

• Soji Okita, Toshizo Hijikata, Soji Okita (Alter), Hajime Saitou, Keisuke Yamanami (Fate series)
• Tanjiro Kamado, Giyuu Tomioka, Shinobu Kochou (Demon Slayer)
• Soiphon, Sosuke Aizen, Byakuya Kuchiki (BLEACH)