Geta ( 下 駄 п ) - Japanese wooden sandals in the shape of a bench, identical for both feet (on the top they look like rectangles with rounded tops and, possibly, slightly convex sides). They are held on their feet by straps passing between the thumb and the second toe. Currently, they are worn while resting or in inclement weather [1] .
Content
Building
Externally, the geta looks as follows: a wooden platform rests on two transverse bars, which, depending on need, can be quite high. On the leg, all this is attached by two laces stretched from the heel to the front of the geta and passing between the thumb and second toes.
Tabi were usually worn under the geta - white cloth socks with a special cover for the thumb. But they could also be worn barefoot (so the yujo did; it was believed that the female leg, wrapped in a geta without a sock, looks very erotic ).
History
Geta came to Japan from China and spread among monks and common people, because in shoes with high soles it was very convenient to grow rice, take fruits from trees, and move in rainy weather. And only over time did the aristocrats begin to wear the geta; Of course, these geta were not common people and were decorated in a variety of ways - in particular, female geta were covered with gilded brocade , various patterns and bells . Men's shoes were more restrained in this regard - here the main attention was paid to the choice of wood species applied to the surface of carving and varnishing.
Today geta is worn with a kimono , for example, on Matsuri . Geta remain part of the professional geisha costume.
See also
- Varaji
- Dzori
- Tabi
- Bake-dzori
- Getabako
Notes
- ↑ Geta // Japan from A to Z. A popular illustrated encyclopedia. (CD-ROM). - M .: Directmedia Publishing , "Japan Today", 2008. - ISBN 978-5-94865-190-3 .