小こ袖そで

noun

short-sleeved kimono; Heian-period undergarment

Historical term for a short-sleeved kimono worn as an undergarment during the Heian period. Later evolved into a broader term for kosode-style garments.

• 平へい安あん時じ代だいの女じょ性せいは、小こ袖そでを下した着ぎとして着ちゃく用ようしていた。

  Women in the Heian period wore kosode as an undergarment.

noun

padded silk garment; padded kosode

A padded silk garment, often associated with later periods when kosode became an outer garment with wadding.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの小こ袖そでは、絹きぬを入いれて仕し立たてられることもあった。

  Edo-period kosode were sometimes made with silk padding.