1993 Volume 34 Issue 4 Pages 187-195
Static electricity of kimono fabrics is considered to be one of the factors contributing to the wearing comfort of kimono (Japanese traditional costume), especially its“susosabaki (easiness of walking around bottom of kimono) ”.
The factors affecting static generation of kimono such as relative humidity, materials of kimono and its underwear“juban”, the combination of them, and the measuring site on kimono were examined by using a newly developed walking device.
The results obtained showed high reproducibility, and the four factors mentioned above were all statistically significant (P<0.01) . The static charge of the kimono was the highest when it was measured on the left side and on 10 cm above the bottom of the kimono in low relative humidity. Under this condition, the silk kimono showed the highest static charge of all; maximum 4, 0kV, while the antistatic polyester kimono showed the lowest; less than 0.5kV, and the regular polyester one the middle value, maximum 2.5kV, of them. The combinations with antistatic polyester kimono or juban resulted in the decrease of the static charge of another fabric.
