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Previous post - Next post | Parent - No child | Posted on 2005/7/17 21:50
kousei4  ???   Posts: 71
Hello, Mikipapa-san!

Did you produce "hemp backing straw sandals" exclusively among footwear for "wholesaling hemp-backing straw sandals"?

Searching for "hemp-backing straw sandals", I learned that they are "sandals of straw surface with round hemp plaits stitched on the back." Are they a kind of leather-soled sandals? Um...

Don't you call them leather-soled sandals that dashing youths hitching up the bottom of kimono in white socks slip on at festivals?
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They were the cheapest footwear at that time (as straw sandals made in countryside were not for sale).
Straw sandals and the like were hand-made by every farmers. And the eight-sole sandals were the cheapest among footwear. I understand.
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The sandals are made of the cheapest tatami mat surface, willow twigs stitched on it, and chunks of wood nailed up on them.
H'm, I suspect that nail heads might come out when the sandals were worn. Does long time endurance of the backing wood chunks mean that the chunks were hard enough?
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From Mikipapa, a little knowledgeable person for clogs, sandals and the like.
In the thirties of Showa (the 1950's), many ladies were still in Japanese dress. My mother wore kimono many times, and used to conduct fulling with tenterhooks or stretching boards.

On rainy days, she put on high clogs attaching toe-covers to keep toes dry.

The supports of high clogs were taller than ordinary ones and some skill was needed for walking.

We seldom see the high clogs today. Nowadays in 21st century, footwear of vinyl for covering sandals is available. It's convenient but isn't so attractive.

Anmitsu-Hime

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