裃かみしも

noun

kamishimo; samurai ceremonial costume

A formal Edo-period outfit consisting of a sleeveless jacket (肩衣) and matching trousers (袴), worn by samurai on official occasions.

• 時じ代だい劇げきで侍さむらいが裃かみしもを着きている場ば面めんをよく見みる。

  In period dramas, you often see scenes where samurai wear kamishimo.

noun

top and bottom; up and down; high and low

Only when written 上下

Original meaning of the kanji 上下, now almost always read じょうげ. This reading かみしも is archaic and rarely used outside historical contexts.

• 古こ文ぶん書しょでは「上かみ下しも」を「かみしも」と読よませて、身み分ぶんの上じょう下げを表あらわすことがある。

  In old documents, 上下 is sometimes read as かみしも to indicate high and low social status.