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The present work deals with shade of color, dyes, texture and sewing threads used on “uchiki” and “hakama”, as well as measurements of their various parts and the cutting method applied for them.
In order to work out the Munsell values of colors based on “Specification of Colors According to Their Three Attributes (JIS Z 8721-1963)”, the existing hues of the costumes were reproduced on the drawing-paper with water colors, and x, y and Y were obtained on them by photoelectric colorimeter.
As for the dyes, the water extracts of pulverized tatters of the costumes were compared with natural dyes by means of paper chromatography, then the used dyes were identified with the aid of “Wazome Kagami (A Standard Book of Japanese Dyes)” and “Wazome Kagami Ryakkai (An Exposition of the Process of Dyeing)”.
Data on measurements, texture and threads were obtained by the close investigation of the costumes, and the conjecture of the cutting was made by the minute study of the materials.
