Iromuji
The iromuji is a crested single-colored kimono. With five light, undyed crests, it is considered a formal kimono. With three crests, it will be considered more formal than a tsukesage or a houmongi without crests, but there are not many occasions where it will be appropriate for. With one crest, it will be considered a semi-formal kimono, and can be worn to various events such as a friend’s or colleague’s wedding ceremony or a child’s school enrolment or graduation ceremony. A crested muji is usually worn to tea ceremony or ikebana lessons. It can also be worn with a hakama to a graduation ceremony. Embroidered crests can be applied without changing the formality.
An iromuji can be changed by dyeing it to a different color or adding designs to the lining. Also, it is possible to create an outfit to show off an obi by wearing the obi with an iromuji. Both a formal outfit or a fashionable coordinate can be created by matching the kimono with a fukuro obi or a Nagoya obi respectively.
Iromuji made with jimon (woven pattern), muji chirimen (crepe) or yusoku jimon are worn to a tea ceremony or as a formal kimono, but there are also iromuji with jimon made for mourning. Iromuji with kissho mon (good luck prints) or auspicious patterns should not be worn for mourning even if they are made of a plain or dark color.
[quote style=”boxed”]In Japanese
色無地
黒を除く一色で染められた紋付きの装いです。染め抜き日向五つ紋で正装になります。三つ紋で付下げや紋のないの訪問着よりも格が高くなりますが、着る場所も限定されます。一つ紋では略礼装として、友人や同僚の結婚式、子どもの入学式や卒園卒業式などいろいろなシーンで着こなせます。無地の紋付きはお茶やお花のお稽古で人気です。他に卒業式に袴と合わせて着ることができます。刺しゅう紋などは格は変わらずに付けられます。
色無地は染め替えをしたり、裾回しに柄を入れたりして、アレンジを楽しむことができます。また、色無地に映える帯をコーディネートすることで帯を主役にした装いができます。改まった感じにもおしゃれにも目的に応じて袋帯や名古屋帯を使い分けるといいでしょう。
色無地には華やかな地紋、無地縮緬、有職地紋など茶席や礼装などのほか、弔事の地紋もあります。様々な色がありますが、地味な寒色系の記事でも吉祥文などおめでたい柄が入っている場合は弔事には向きません。
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