Details historical in Japan of Fundoshi
Fundoshi and Japanese


They are the people of the trip drawn in the ukiyoe of the Edo Period for 200 years front.
Fundoshi was one of clothes of the craftsmen in those days.

Author　Fumitoshi KOSHINAKA

How were you handed down in Japan from Fundoshi (Loincloth) where?
As for the root of Fundoshi, a master has a continent introduction opinion and a southern introduction opinion. It noticed that it was interesting when I was examining literature of Fundoshi.That is that it is varying in the kind of Fundoshi respectively.Fundoshi of the continent introduction is said as TOKUBIKON in China, and it has that name recorded in it by old literature of Japan, too.The part of the nose of the calf is said as TOKUBI of TOKUBIKON in China.When Fundoshi is put, it is said that a name was given from the place where the part of the man's sex organs looked like a nose of the calf.It guesses this Japanese old Ecchu-Fundoshi say hand down hand down Fundoshi use.It is said as the previous Edo Period for no less than about more than 200 years that it came to be used most, and it says.This isn't clear though Eccuhu of Ecchu-Fundoshi is said as the Japanese name and the name of the person in the old days.

It is said that it was handed down by Shima of the islands of Micronesia and the South Pacific as well as the continent introduction opinion in the old age about Fundoshi of one more southern introduction opinion.It is said that it was handed down in Japan due to the ocean current about that.It exists to be interested about Fundoshi that it is handed down from Micronesia.That is the same how to measure the length of Fundoshi to be left in the way of measuring Fundoshi conveyed to 【 Micronesia 】 and some of the areas of Japan.

　　　　　　　　
It explains from the left photograph.
The present is a conveyed loincloth in Micronesia, too.
Rokusyaku-Fundoshi that it is handed down from old Japanese
TOKUBIKON was said from the place where a part in front of Fundoshi looked like a nose of the calf long ago.
Eccu-Fundoshi is Fundoshi which is the most popular with the Japanese.

Fundoshi that it is handed down in Japan is evolving by the Japanese climate climate and the life habit.It was used in the time though Fundoshi that it was conscious of the fashion when samurai in the old days used it for the battle and which Fundoshi of and citizens used exceptionally was taken.The climates of high-pitched tone multiple are specially characteristics in Japan.Fundoshi evolved as a most Japanese environment suitable man underwear in that environment.

Fundoshi was used as a Japanese underwear before World War II to be just natural.
But, there were details that Fundoshi was compelled as a Japanese symbol in the age of the army administration right during World War II, too.That was never to have good impression for the Japanese.It is as much as there is a person who hates Fundoshi with the person who experienced World War II even in the present.Much culture was adopted by Japan which yielded to World War II from America in the days after the war.Things made in America increased, and Fundoshi was thrown away, and Japanese most came to use the underwear which an American used　too.The Westerners aren't thought that you must take out hips before the person from the difference to the cultural habit.As for this Japanese culture and the habit as well, the Allied Forces which ruled Japan in the days after the war asked improvement.Pressure was given even to the habit of old Japanese of Fundoshi.Many Japanese men threw Fudoshi away by that.I am anxious in the old customs life habit of this Japan being lost.Fundoshi is the culture of Japan decreasing now.I want to hand that down carefully.

Let's explain a photograph.
A left photograph is the ukiyoe of the actor who plays kabuki.It is Fundoshi that it can be seen from the hem of the kimono.Fundoshi gives it effect on demand drama in clothes of the kabuki.

A right photograph is the package of the sweets.The picture of the samurai who tightened Fundosh is being drawn in the package of these sweets.This is the tradition culture of important Japan lasting for no less than more than eighty years.A samurai takes out hips, and shows Fundoshi.This figure is an ordinary figure for the Japanese.But, an American after World War II is interfering.As for that reason, it is no good to take out 「 hips.It was the thing of 」 that shorts should be worn.The image of Fundoshi gets poor by the interference pressure from the foreign country, and there is a cause decreasing rapidly.

　　　
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