綾りょう羅ら

noun

elaborated cloth; figured silk and thin silk

Historical term for luxurious silk textiles: 綾 (aya, twill or figured silk) and 羅 (ra, thin gauze-like silk). Used in classical literature and descriptions of traditional garments.

• 平へい安あん時じ代だいの貴き族ぞくは綾りょう羅らをまとっていた。

  Heian-period nobles wore garments of figured silk and thin silk.