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Someone is in our Middle Ages wearing her ruffs. (Well, that's not exactly what she wrote, but my genetic composition prevents me from writing in CatMacro.)

So I figured I needed to put this up: It's from the Kyoto Costume Museum and it depicts a 16th century Japanese convert to Christianity. (I would love to find the original artwork this is based on....)

Date: 2008-03-19 09:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bovil.livejournal.com
I was reading that there's some argument over whether this was the costume of a convert to Christianity, or if it was a dandified adaptation of Portuguese styles by stylish young men.

Date: 2008-03-19 10:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gurdymonkey.livejournal.com
As I said, I am dying to see the source this was taken from. While he is wearing a crucifix, it is not outside the realm of possibility he is simply doing so because it looks "cool."

Date: 2008-03-20 04:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] takadai-no-tora.livejournal.com
That certainly happened with armor. Tokugawa Ieyasu had a couple of sets of Japanese-made namban armor: rigid breast and back plates and morion-style helm with Japanese style face-guard. Very interesting-I think the pieces are actually in Nagoya, they were on loan to the National Museum in Ueno when I saw them

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