Study on the possibility of new interpretation in Japanese Kimono

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K02338
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 08030:Family and consumer sciences, and culture and living-related
• Research Institution: Kyoritsu Women's University
• Principal Investigator: TANAKA Yoshie 共立女子大学, 家政学部, 教授 (70636456)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 宮武 恵子 共立女子大学, 家政学部, 教授 (40390124)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 着物 / 和服 / kimono / 和装教育 / 着物のアレンジコーディネート / 着物の伝統的装い / 若者の着物への価値観の変化 / 着物の現代的装い

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research focused on the new style of kimono in which the wearers expressed their individual preferences regardless of traditional codes and discussed the succession of kimono culture. The wearers recently tended to introduce some items of Western clothes such as a blouse, skirt, or belt to wear with the kimono, regarding the kimono not as formal wear but as a type of casual clothes. Through these flexible ways of kimono wearing, they created a variety of unique outfits, avoiding the tight fit of the kimono. The research revealed that this trend suggested the potentiality of popularizing kimono wearing and that social acceptance of the new style and lowering the market price of the kimono were essential to achieve it.

Free Research Field

家政学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

着物の着用者が減少する現在、伝統的な着物と洋服のアイテムを融合させた自由な発想の装いは、若い世代に個性を表現する手段の一つとして受容され、着物の着付けの難しさや動きにくさなどの問題点を解消する長所とも認識されていることが明らかとなった。しかし、従来の着物研究では伝統的装い以外を取り上げることはほとんどないのが現状である。今後は伝統的装いを基本としながらも、着物の装いの多様性について幅広くとらえる必要性がある。またこの装いを学ぶ環境や世間一般に寛容に認められる環境を整えることが、新たな着物の継承の活路となると考えられる。