I don't normally obsess over shoes......

I don't think I got that gene, really.

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Ooh, another link on Shoso-in artifacts. Those shoes have to be a reconstruction, I think? (It's in Polish, but the listing of Shoso-in artifacts is in English.)
http://www.japonia.org.pl/?q=ja/node/64

The Shoso-in has a website! Must explore this further when I have time. http://shosoin.kunaicho.go.jp/

Ooh, found the Textiles section! http://shosoin.kunaicho.go.jp/shosoinPublic/result.do

EDIT: I find it worked best to have two tabs on my browser open: one in the original Japanese, one through Google Translate. For some reason, the thumbnails on the artifacts will not open from the translated pages.

SHOES! OMG!!! Look at the details:
http://shosoin.kunaicho.go.jp/shosoinPublic/detail.do?treasureId=0000010548&idx=44&mode=part
http://shosoin.kunaicho.go.jp/shosoinPublic/detail.do?treasureId=0000010549&idx=45&mode=part
http://shosoin.kunaicho.go.jp/shosoinPublic/detail.do?treasureId=0000010550&idx=46&mode=part
http://shosoin.kunaicho.go.jp/shosoinPublic/detail.do?treasureId=0000010551&idx=47&mode=part


Recogize this? It's the panel recreated in the dyeing video.
http://shosoin.kunaicho.go.jp/shosoinPublic/detail.do?treasureId=0000020735&idx=51&mode=part

PAYDIRT! I think this is a haishi. Google Translate is rendering the name as "hampi". The reconstruction in the Nuikata book doesn't have the contrasting sleeves, but it may be a later style. There are similarities....
http://shosoin.kunaicho.go.jp/shosoinPublic/detail.do?treasureId=0000017556&idx=96&mode=part