Meanings
noununderkimono (plural underkimonos or underkimono)
plural underkimonos
- alternativeAlternative form of under-kimono.
Two of the courtesan's underkimono are plain-colored, but they are interlarded with three others with white designs probably done with Yuzen stencils: one of spider webs, one of delicate floral scrolls, and one of bamboo stems.
1963, Helen Minnich, “Somber and Severe”, in Japanese Costume and the Makers of Its Elegant Tradition, Boston, Mass.: Tuttle Publishing, published 2012, →ISBN, chapter 11 (Genroku and Late Edo)
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underkimono. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underkimono
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