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Japanese kimono is beautiful, fashionable and protects from the cold, and the development of handmade workshops and active civic life have contributed to the widespread popularity and popularity of the kimono along with the rising cultural status of Japanese citizens. From the Japanese kimono, we can find the inclusiveness of Chinese and Western cultures, as well as the classical, "meditative" and introverted and strict national character.

The dress culture of Han culture had the greatest influence on the Edo kimono. In the Nara period, the Japanese kimono was the dress of the Tang Dynasty. By the Edo period, that is, from 1603 to 1868, the feudal system of the Japanese samurai entered a period of decline, and the capitalist commodity economy began to sprout. At this time, the name of the Japanese kimono was officially changed from the martial dress to the kimono. For example, as recorded in the Shiji and Nihon Koki on kimono culture, Japan modified and perfected the characteristics of the costumes of the central plains during the Song and Ming dynasties, forming the unique Japanese kimono. The culture and politics of the upper classes of Japanese society influenced the development of the Japanese kimono during the Tokugawa period, which lasted more than 200 years.

After absorbing the characteristics of Chinese costumes of the Sui and Tang dynasties in the Central Plains as well as the costumes, makeup and classical academic art and culture of overseas western countries, Japan combined these excellent and exquisite Central Plains costume culture with the local traditional costume culture, with the rising status of the Japanese commoner class.In the 18th century, the development of European capitalism penetrated deep into the interior of Japan, and new modes of literature, art, and costume design appeared one after another. . The improvement of the kimono was closely integrated with classical literature and art, while at the same time reconciling the traditional Chinese ideas of God, Buddha, Zen, Taoism and the metaphysical Confucian rituals with Japan's local "wabi-sabi culture", forming a unique kimono culture.

The character traits of the traditional Japanese people are usually subtle and introverted. Whether it is the samurai class or the common people, the principle of spiritual supremacy remains unchanged. The Japanese national psyche has always been complex. On the one hand, it was influenced by the Chinese culture of the Middle Ages, and the humility and introversion of Oriental human nature flowed in the blood of the people. As can be seen from the knots on the kimono, whether it is the "modified belt", "cultural belt", or the clogs that must be worn with the kimono, these elements of the costume are a good demonstration of the Japanese people's pursuit of a dignified, stable and quiet character and the spirit of "peace is precious". The kimono is an important part of the Japanese traditional culture. From this, we can see that kimono is a visual representation of Japanese traditional beliefs and spirituality, and it is a kind of material and humanistic spiritual object. Japanese people's "kimono complex" has a consistent love, and become the ideological support and representation of people's hearts, in Japanese culture occupies a high position.