Sarashi

Sarashi is Japanese for "bleached cloth", usually cotton, or less commonly linen.[1][2][3][4][5]

Such cloth may be wrapped around the body under a kimono, or around the chest. Sometimes it is wrapped around below the belly during pregnancy, or around the waist after the birth of a child. It is used by men and women. The whiteness and purity of the cloth has ritual significance, therefore it may also be used in rituals.

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References

  1. James Curtis Hepburn (1867). A Japanese and English Dictionary: With and English and Japanese Index. American Presbyterian Mission Press. p. 375.
  2. "晒し". Jisho.
  3. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  4. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  5. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, ISBN 4-09-501211-0
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