A painting of a Shirabyoshi lady in old Japan.

A painting of a Shirabyoshi lady in old Japan.

A painting of a Shirabyoshi lady in old Japan.

An illustration about the attire worn by Shirabyoshi dancers by Twitter @nadeshicorin (Nadeshiko Rin, a Japanese painter).

Shirabyoushi dancers of medieval Japan. They are ladies dressed in aristocratic male clothes called Suikan usually in white with a red skirt called Hakama. They did not only perform courty and Shinto dances, but also sometimes folk performances like Imayo.

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