Kimono is the national costume of Japan. Before the Edo period, it was called Five Blessingg, and it was named "Ancient Events", "Daily Records" and "A Dream in a Window". It originated from Japanese Yayoi costume, which is a mixed product of China Wudi costume, Tang Dynasty costume and western missionary costume. In Tokugawa Ieyasu's time, it was officially called kimono. Before this, Japanese clothes were called "things", while the "five clothes" in ancient Japan was a kind of "things" Kimono can be divided into public property and military property. Now the so-called kimono, in fact, was small sleeve in ancient times. The appearance of small sleeve started from the Muromachi era, and the white sleeves of nobles gradually became the clothes of ordinary people. "Things to wear" include not only "Wu clothes", but also shoulder clothes, hunting clothes in peacetime, etc. These are not from Wu clothes, but from local traditional costumes. Twelve orders were improved from Shang Tang clothes in Nara era, and then changed and innovated.
The origin of kimono can be traced back to the 3rd century. In the Nara era, Japanese envoys came to China and received a large number of dazzling robes. The following year, Japan imitated the costumes of Sui and Tang Dynasties. In Muromachi era, kimono was improved on the basis of inheriting the costumes of Tang Dynasty, while kimono pockets were created under the influence of Christian missionaries wearing robes and belts.
Japanese people vividly show their feelings about art in kimono. In Japan, when attending crown ceremonies (adult ceremonies), weddings, funerals, sacrificial ceremonies, kendo, archery, chess, tea ceremony, flower path, graduation ceremony, banquets, elegant music, cultural performances and traditional festivals, Japanese people will wear dignified kimonos. The clothing culture and etiquette of kimono are called Taoism. Kimono bears nearly 30 important intangible cultural heritages of dyeing and weaving techniques in Japan, as well as more than 50 traditional handicrafts designated by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan. The makers of kimono are Yue Hou Bo Shang, Xiao Qian Gu Su and Yuuki Tsumugi. . It is also included in the world intangible cultural heritage.