Sandal
Waraji are sandals made from woven rice straw rope. They are attached to the feet by a thong that passes between the first tow toes and then tied around the ankle. Commonly worn by all men and women, waraji were also worn with tabi split-toed socks by samurai and warriors in the Edo period (1603 - 1868). The rice straw offers the feet a firm grip on a varied landscape, even horses shoes were made out of rice straw as they were that effective. Of course this meant that such sandals had a short lifespan and had to be continually mended or replaced.
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Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- E2003/1
- Collection Class
- Clothing and accessories
- Collection Area Region
- E
- Material
- rice straw
- Common Name
- sandal
- Simple Name
- sandal
- Production Country
- Japan
- Production Year High
- 1881
