In Japanese, there are words Eri Wo Tadasu which means Straight Up Yourself.
It’s one of Japanese custom to make neckband beautifully.
Han Eri is a very unique item to wear.
Today, I’ll show you about Han Eri!
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What for We Use Han Eri?
Han Eri is used to prevent make-up stains and accessorize neck part.
We put Han Eri on the Nagajuban’s neck part.
We sew it on the Nagajuban, so we can do laundry and use over and over again.
It’s very convenient to use!
We can see Han Eri just a little part, but it has a great role to look our face brighter.
Even if the same Kimono, we can change the coordinate by using Han Eri.
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The History of Han Eri
Old days. people wore restrained design, so Han Eri was an important part.
At first “Kake Eri” is sewed on the haori’s neck part.
After those “Kake Eri” became popular, next trend was Kimono’s Han Eri.
It was luxury part of Nagajuban and it was called Han Eri.
In this modern era, the fashionable trend takes over and those selections are getting the increase.
Types and materials
Materials are silk, cotton, hemp and chemical fiber.
Popular colors are off white color and natural silk.
But it’s easy to laundry if it’s chemical fiber.
Women choose the same materials of Han Eri and Nagajuban.
Like for hemp Nagajuban, they match hemp Han Eri.
We can also see “Habutae”, “Shioze”, “Tirimen”, “Monrinzu”, “Youryu” and “Ro”.
The color of Han Eri has two types: white Han Eri or color Han Eri.
We can coordinate white Han Eri with any Kimono.
Shioze Han Eri mathes for casual and formal scene.
For the formal scene, we can enjoy colorful Han Eri freely.
We can wear Tsumugi, cotton and wool Kimono.
The Way To Wear
Han Eri has casual and formal types.
Basically, we wear white Han Eri for the formal scene.
The semi-formal type has white embroidery on the white Han Eri.
For the casual scene, it’s easy to put white Han Eri, but using color Han Eri is a great choice.
Lighter color make Kimono beautifully.
for weaved Kimono, it’s better to use dark color Han Eri.
For seasonal, we can use white “Ro” Han Eri which we coordinate with Hitoe and Usumono.
Ro Han Eri is for Ro Kimono, Sya Han Eri is for Sya Kimono.
Recently it’s popular to use race Han Eri for casual scene.
Plus “Yoryo” which has grains lengthwise is mainly used the end of May and the second decade of July.
Summary
These days we can see many types of Han Eri.
It’s good to wear balancing the Han Eri and Kimono.
Let’s enjoy Han Eri as Kimono culture!