jacket

Adult male's jinbei in green. The top resembles a short-sleeved or sleeveless jacket that falls to the hips. It ties closed both inside and outside the jacket, with the inside tied first, the jacket folded over to the person's left, and then tying the outside.

A jinbei (甚平?), alternately jinbē (甚兵衛?) or hippari (ひっぱり?), is a kind of traditional Japanese clothing worn by traditionally by men and boys, but increasingly by women, and even babies during the summer. This example is a adult male's jinbei in green. The top resembles a short-sleeved or sleeveless jacket that falls to the hips. It ties closed both inside and outside the jacket, with the inside tied first, the jacket folded over to the person's left, and then tying the outside.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
HC.2014.31.1
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 885 mm x 1190 mm x 10 mm
CATEGORY
Education Handling Collection: Anthropology
LOCATION
In storage
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