Jo-e

In Japanese culture, the Jo-e 浄衣 (sometimes written Jôe, and translated from Japanese as "pure cloth") is a garment worn by Shinto priests in religious ceremonies. It is also sometimes worn by laymen visiting shrines to worship or attend religious ceremonies. The garment is usually made of white or yellow silk.

The priest who wears the jo-e is attired in a peaked cap called a "tate-eboshi", an outer tunic called the "jo-e", an outer robe called "jo-e no sode-gukuri no o", an undergarment called the "hitoe", ballooning trousers called "sashinuki" or "nubakama", and a girdle called "jo-e no ate-obi". He also carries a ceremonial "haraigushi".

External links

* [http://www2.kokugakuin.ac.jp/ijcc/wp/bts/bts_j.html#joe Basic terms of Shinto (with illustration)]
* [http://www.iz2.or.jp/english/fukusyoku/wayou/10.htm Courtier in Shinto ceremonial robe (with illustration)]