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A woman wearing a hood of nobility

The okosozukin hood was used mainly in the winter by women to avoid the cold, but some men also used them. During the Edo era, it was used from the Kyoho years, and it became very popular during the Horeki years and the Meiji era, and was used until the Taisho era.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number15‐12‐0]

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A woman wearing a hood of nobility

A studio photo of a woman wearing a Okosozukin. Okosozukin were worn by women as a protection from cold in the winter.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Suzuki Shin-ichi, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number41‐37‐0]

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Woman in snow costume holding an umbrella

It was probably taken in a studio, but it shows well that Okosozukin was a winter protection from the cold. The woman holding a janome umbrella wears a Michiyuki coat. She wears Yukigeta (snow sandals). It is a typical outfit of a woman in winter. (The same as the photo numbered 1-9.)==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number40‐36‐0]

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Women dressed up for snow

Two women wearing okosozukin hoods and high-heeled sandals face the camera in an artificial garden. The two hold an umbrella together, and the right woman holds a folded umbrella in her hand. The background is a picture.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:A. Farsari, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number25‐23‐0]

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A woman wearing a hood of nobility

The okosozukin (hood) has been popular since the Kyoho era. In the Meiji era, it was used frequently to avoid the cold. The material is silk crape. The colors were steel gray, dark blue and gray for middle-aged women and purple, light purple and red for younger women.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number18‐12‐0]

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A woman wearing a hood of nobility

An okosozukin is a square scarf for the head with string bands for the ears. It is shaped like a kimono sleeve and so was also called sodezukin (sleeve scarf for the head) . The face came out from the sleeve entrance, and the part for the head was folded, the left and right were turned and fixed in turn, and then the head, neck and shoulders were covered. It was mainly used to avoid the cold in winter.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number12‐37‐0]

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A teahouse at Honmoku Juniten

Caption reads The garden and tea house of a residence near Yokohama in German. The photo shows a tea house located in Juniten at the seaside in the suburbs of Yokohama. The rickshaw carries children, and a woman walks along with it on the seaside path wearing an okosozukin (a combination of hood and veil).==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number1‐46‐0]

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A woman wearing a hood of nobility

Although taken in a studio, this shows photograph how an okosozukin (a combination of hood and veil) serves to protect women from the cold in the winter. The woman is wearing a michiyuki coat and holding a Japanese umbrella.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number1‐9‐0]