Haori are short outer jackets traditionally worn over kimono. They are very rarely seen depicted in Ukiyo-e.

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Seen here from (L) to (R): Woman in Haori, Unknown Source 1930s; Kitagawa Utamaro, Edo Period; Samurai in Haori, circa 1870

 

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