The figure in the photo wears the costume for a woman walking on the street in the second half of Edo era; she wears a "o-koso-zukin" hood.

The "o-koso-zukin" hood is called "sode-zukin (=sleeve-hood)" by the alias.

It has the form of the sleeve of kimono; a face comes out of a cuff.

The "moh-su" originated in the sleeve-shaped cloth that Saint Saicho (767-822), the founder of the Tendai sect of Buddhism, was allowed to wear by Emperor Kammu; the Imperial sanction of it was carried out only to the high-ranking priests.

Saint Nichiren (1222-82), the founder of the Nichiren sect, also received the Imperial sanction.

In addition, Saint Nichiren would be pointed out if a common person calls someone "koh-soh (= high-ranking priest)".

>From that, the original name was changed and the name of "o-koso-zukin" was produced.

In the "Sakura-kagami (=mirror of cherry tree)", the book of haiku published in the years of Kyoho in Edo era, there is the haiku poem: "Flowers at their best That it is or that it is not "sode-zukin "

Therefore, it is thought that the hood was used from the Kyoho era or before.

The color of the hood for priests is white or blue; the figure ion the photo wears the hood which is made with the material of black silk crape, and the lining cloth is a red material made of silk.