Shiromuku
A bride is properly put on at a wedding in the Meiji Shrine of the Shiromuku.
The Shiromuku ( Japanese 白 無垢 , pure white) is the traditional wedding kimono , which is usually made of silk brocade with woven, auspicious motifs (crane, pine, etc.). Like the uchikake , it is significantly longer than other kimono and has a reinforced train hem. Since it is very expensive, it is very often rented for a few thousand euros these days or is simply inherited. In addition, the bride wears a traditional white bonnet complemented with a headdress.
literature
- Helen Bradley Foster, Donald Clay Johnson: Wedding Dress across Cultures . Berg Publishers 2003, ISBN 1859737471 , pp. 44–45 ( excerpt from Google book search)