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haori
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Also known as haori jackets

thumb|left|A formal with two mon (emblem)|traditional Japanese emblems visible from the front thumb|right|Kitanoumi Toshimitsu wearing a formal black with emblems (a ); it is tied at the front with two white .

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thumb|left|A formal with two mon (emblem)|traditional Japanese emblems visible from the front thumb|right|Kitanoumi Toshimitsu wearing a formal black with emblems (a ); it is tied at the front with two white .

A is a traditional Japanese jacket worn over a kimono. Resembling a shortened kimono with no overlapping front panels (), the typically features a thinner collar than that of a kimono, and is sewn with the addition of two thin, triangular panels at either side seam. The is usually tied at the front with two short cords, known as , which attach to small loops sewn inside the garment.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “haori” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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