呉ご服ふく

noun

kimono fabric; Japanese clothing textiles

Broadly refers to cloth used for traditional Japanese garments, especially kimono. Often encountered in the compound 呉服屋 (gofukuya, a kimono fabric shop).

• あの呉ご服ふく屋やで上じょう等とうな呉ご服ふくを買かった。

  I bought high-quality kimono fabric at that kimono fabric shop.

noun

silk fabrics

Historically, 呉服 specifically referred to silk textiles, as opposed to 太物 (futomono), which were cotton and hemp fabrics. This distinction is now largely historical, but the term can still carry this nuance in traditional contexts.

See also: 太物

• 昔むかしは呉ご服ふくといえば絹きぬ織おり物ものを指さし、太ふと物ものとは区く別べつされていた。

  In the past, gofuku referred to silk fabrics and was distinguished from futomono (cotton/hemp goods).