plain white clothing patterned with dyes
Archaic term for a type of garment, typically white, decorated with dye patterns. Rarely used in modern Japanese outside historical contexts.
The word すり衣 appears in old documents.
Variant kanji spelling using すり instead of 摺り.
Compound of 摺り (suri, 'rubbing, printing') and 衣 (koromo, 'clothing'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term refers to a dyeing technique applied to plain white garments.