Shitagi

Outside of Japan, shitagi (下着, lit. "under clothing") (also gusoku shita) refers to a type of shirt worn by the Samurai class of feudal Japan when they were wearing full armour.^[1] In the common and modern use of Japanese language, however, "shitagi" just means underwear.

Antique Japanese wood block print of a samurai putting on a shitagi

The shitagi was the second garment to be put on, coming second only to the Fundoshi (Japan loincloth). The shitagi was like a short kimono with a button at the neck and a thin attached waist cord (obi).^[2]

There are several types of shitagi. The shitagi would be put on as though it were a kimono, the left hand being put first into its sleeve, and then the right, the neck would then button, and the waist cord tie at the back.^[3]

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See also

• Keikogi
• Uwagi