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‖ yukata|juˈkata|
Also Yukata, yukatta; 9 ukata.
[Jap., f. yu hot water, bath + kata short for katabira a light kimono.]
A light cotton kimono, freq. with stencil designs, orig. intended to be worn after a bath, but now also used as a housecoat.
1822F. Shoberl tr. Titsingh's Illustr. Japan ii. 254 The ukata., a robe of fine linen; it is put on in coming out of the bath to dry the body. 1881Satow & Hawes Handbk. Japan p. xvi, Japanese loose cotton gowns (yukata). 1886J. La Farge Let. 3 Sept. in Artist's Lett. from Japan 229 A―..rode along with only a partial covering of yukatta, and attracted no attention. 1936K. Nohara True Face of Japan v. 130 Dons the yukata, the light, informal, Japanese house-jacket of coloured cotton. 1960B. Leach Potter in Japan vi. 133 My Yukata (provided cotton kimono) reached to my knees. Ibid. ix. 195 Visitors were strolling the streets in ‘yukatta’ (cotton kimono provided by hotels). 1970Guardian 12 Dec. 6/6 The donning of the cool cotton yukata robe and slippers is the first sloughing of Western identity. 1981J. Melville Sort of Samurai ix. 75 All four of them were now wearing cotton yukatas. |