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行灯袴 (あんどんばかま) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun
andōn-bakama ; hakama without gussets
archaic
Archaic term for a type of hakama without the usual gussets, worn by female students and later male students in the Meiji period. Now a historical garment.
行あん 灯どん 袴ばかま は 、 普ふ 通つう の 袴はかま と 違ちが っ て 襠まち が ない 。
Unlike regular hakama, andōn-bakama have no gussets.
Written forms 行灯袴あんどんばかま
Standard kanji spelling for this historical garment.
あんどん 袴ばかま
Mixed kana-kanji spelling sometimes seen in modern explanations.
Kanji 行 going, journey, carry out 袴 men's formal divided skirt Etymology Compound of 行灯 (andōn, 'paper lantern') and 袴 (hakama), named for its cylindrical, lantern-like shape without gussets.
