The haori is a silk upper-dress, -- a kind of sleeved cloak, -- worn by both sexes; but the poem suggests a woman's haori, which is usually of richer color or material. From Wordnik.com. [Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things] Reference
A groom wears a haori on the top and a hakama on the bottom, all in black. From Wordnik.com. [Japanese Wedding ( with video clip )] Reference
Ten five-year-old boys, dressed in haori and wearing towels tied around their heads, are accompanied by adults to the local shrine, where they make one circuit and offer models of fishing boats. From Wordnik.com. [Matsuri Report » Japundit Blog] Reference
For instance, for formal occasions, men wore Western-style hats with haori, a traditional waistcoat, hakama, an outer garment worn over the kimono that is either split like pants between the legs or nonsplit like a skirt. From Wordnik.com. [Women of Meiji Japan & Western Fashion | Edwardian Promenade] Reference
The widow was painted white; her lips were reddened with vermilion; her hair was elaborately dressed and ornamented with carved shell pins; she wore a beautiful dress of sky-blue silk, with a haori of fine white crepe and a scarlet crepe girdle embroidered in gold, and looked like a bride on her marriage day rather than a widow. From Wordnik.com. [Unbeaten Tracks in Japan] Reference
She shivered slightly, and he slipped his arm out of the sleeve of his haori. From Wordnik.com. [Tokiwa: A Tale of Old Japan] Reference
Instead he turned around swiftly, his white haori blowing gently in the breeze. From Wordnik.com. [Ultimate List] Reference
Shimizu called upon entering the central area of the squad's headquarters, donning her captain's haori. From Wordnik.com. [Ultimate List] Reference
More loosely, but more effectively, the verses might thus be rendered: "Like a woman slipping off her haori -- that is the appearance of a butterfly.". From Wordnik.com. [Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things] Reference
In taking off the haori, the brilliant lining is displayed, -- and at such an instant the fluttering splendor might well be likened to the appearance of a butterfly in motion. From Wordnik.com. [Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things] Reference
They were portrayed on the silk linings of haori (2), on women's kerchiefs of chirimen (3), in the embroidery of girdles, in the designs of silk shirts and of children's holiday robes, -- not to speak of cheaper printed goods, such as calicoes and toweling. From Wordnik.com. [Kokoro Japanese Inner Life Hints] Reference
Ito sukashi dairi Hamamatsu, adj. itzebu dai-sho hanami jaburan dai-sho-no-soroimono hanamichi janken hanashika jigotai dan haniwa jimigaki daruma haori jingu do happi-coat jinja dojo harai goshi jinkai senjitsu dotaku hara-kiri jinricksha emakimono hashigakari jinrikisha Eta Hashimoto's jinriksha fuchi hatamoto jito fugu hayashi jiu-jitsu fuji hechima Jodo Fukuoka, adj. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 1] Reference
A dozen others: all are in full Japanese costume, ceremonial costume -- splendid silken hakama, or Chinese trousers, silken robes, silken haori or overdress, marked with their mon or family crests: rich and dignified attire which makes me ashamed of my commonplace Western garb. From Wordnik.com. [Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series] Reference
Gin stood there, his haori still on. From Wordnik.com. [Ultimate List] Reference
The kimono, haori, and girdle, and even the long hanging sleeves, have only parallel seams, and these are only tacked or basted, as the garments, when washed, are taken to pieces, and each piece, after being very slightly stiffened, is stretched upon a board to dry. From Wordnik.com. [Unbeaten Tracks in Japan] Reference
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