Definition of Kirimon

1. a Japanese imperial crest with leaves and flowers [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kirimon

kipsie
kipsies
kipskin
kipskins
kipsy
kipunji
kipunjis
kir
kirbeh
kirbehs
kirigami
kirigamis
kirikaeshi
kirikiti
kirimon (current term)
kirimons
kiriru moji
kirk
kirk-town
kirk-towns
kirkbuzzer
kirkbuzzers
kirked
kirkiite
kirking
kirkings
kirkland warbler
kirkmaister
kirkman

Literary usage of Kirimon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Japan in Our Day by Bayard Taylor (1881)
"O, if I could only be rich enough to rest, to sleep on thick matting, wrapped in a kirimon of soft silk ! " Such was the sigh which he breathed to heaven. ..."

2. Glimpses of the Orient, Or, The Manners, Customs, Life and History of the by Trumbull White (1897)
"The kirimon, a kind of long, opon dressing gown, is worn by every one, ... The middle classes wear in addition to the kirimon, a doublet and pantaloons. ..."

3. The War in the East: Japan, China, and Corea. A Complete History of the War by Trumbull White (1895)
"The kirimon, a kind of long, open dressing gown, is worn by every one, ... The middle classes wear in addition to the kirimon, a doublet and pantaloons. ..."

4. A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries by John Woodward (1896)
"22, 23, of the use of the kirimon, the badge of JAPAN. The family of HAZELRIGG have: Argent, a chevron between three hazel leaves slipped vert (Plate XXXII. ..."

5. Japan: Historical and Descriptive by Charles Henry Eden (1877)
"Wide floating pantaloons are often substituted for the kirimon, which trail on the ground, completely concealing the feet, and give the wearer the ..."

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