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People wore everyday clothes in the mid-Muromachi period, regardless of whether they were male or female. A kosode is a kimono of simple construction; therefore the importance of expression was not so much the ornamental design and pattern as it was the shape or construction. The style of Keichou kosode and Kanbun kosode appeared in early modern times. Shortly after that, some styles of kosode design appeared especially for women of the samurai and the merchant class during the Edo period. Kosode designs with different features are found in a few Keichou kosode; however, there has been no formal discussion of the kosode designs with such features in this period.The purpose of this paper is to examine the development of kosode designs and their expression in the Genre Paintings of the early Edo period. As a result of my research, I have identified four main tendencies:1) Six design styles of kosode can be found in this period;2) Each design had a large accentuated motif;3) The six design styles are related to the styles of Momoyama kosode, Keichou kosode and Kanbun kosode;4) The six design styles have some elements in common.
