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Previous post - Next post | Parent - No child | Posted on 2005/7/18 15:26
kousei4  ???   Posts: 71
Hello, Mikipapa-san -

Welcome to the Mellow Denshoukan!
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Do you know hemp-backing straw sandals? Leaving it for a while,
Hemp-backing straw sandals? No, I don't know. What kind of footwear were they? Your advice is welcome. Hemp fabrics are durable and firm, aren't they? I recall jute sacks containing rice. Was hemp fabricated similarly used?
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They were the cheapest footwear at that time (as straw sandals made in countryside were not for sale).
Footwear like straw sandals was not sold at footwear shops but at general shops, was it? When I wore the sandals at my place of wartime evacuation, a general shop sold them at the front, threading them together by a hung rope. New ones were light and comfortable. My experiences were in or about 1945.
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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. You will be able to see the real things at Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectual Museum in Koganei Park.
Willow twigs are to give flexibility, aren't they? I have real things but I've believed that they were cut bamboos.
Three things like chop-sticks in thickness are inserted. They should be willow twigs. Now that you mention it, they are similar to the material of willow basket trunks.(^^;
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They made unique noises at walking but no one did care about them.
They thought it was natural that walking makes noises, I guess. "Karan-koron" representing the noise from geta clogs will go out of current expression, though the generation that liked to read "Ge-ge-ge no Kitarou" may understand it.
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From Mikipapa, a little knowledgeable person for clogs, sandals and the like.
Footwear, one of the bare necessities has changed completely, and I wish old wisdom for everyday life be recorded without fail. I'm looking forward to your continued writing, Mikipapa-san.

Karei


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