Sarashi

A sarashi (晒し, "bleached cloth") is length of white cloth, usually cotton, or less commonly linen,[1][2][3][4][5] worn in Japan in a variety of ways. A sarashi may be wrapped around the body under a kimono or around the chest. Sometimes it is wrapped around below the belly during pregnancy or around the waist after the birth of a child. It is used by both men and women. The whiteness and purity of the cloth has ritual significance, therefore it may also be used in rituals.

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References
  1. James Curtis Hepburn (1867). A Japanese and English Dictionary: With and English and Japanese Index. American Presbyterian Mission Press. p. 375.
  2. "Sarashi" 晒し [Sarashi]. jisho.org (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  3. Kokugo Dai Jiten (Revised Edition) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Kokugodaijiten (shinsō-ban)] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 1988.
  4. Daijirin (Third Edition) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Sanseidō. 2006. ISBN 4-385-13905-9.
  5. Daijisen 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 1995. ISBN 4-09-501211-0.
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