Jūnihitoe
ELEGANT AND COMPLEX KIMONO THAT WAS ONLY WORN BY COURT-LADIES IN JAPAN
Twelve layered robe; Twelve-layered-robe; Juni-hitoe; Suberakashi; Junihitoe; Juunihitoe; Juni Hitoe; Itsutsuginu-karaginu-mo
The , more formally known as the , is a style of formal court dress first worn in the Heian period by noble women and ladies-in-waiting at the Japanese Imperial Court. The was composed of a number of kimono-like robes, layered on top of each other, with the outer robes cut both larger and thinner to reveal the layered garments underneath.