I am come across these pic of Meiji ...too similar!

[4321go]

At the enthronement :

Meiji
http://www.haanen.com/bbs/UPLOADFILE/2004-9/20049131535511.jpg

queen
http://www.haanen.com/bbs/UPLOADFILE/2004-9/2004913170790.jpg

ceremony
http://www.haanen.com/bbs/UPLOADFILE/2004-9/20049131829624.jpg

aristocrat
http://www.haanen.com/bbs/UPLOADFILE/2004-9/20049131108370.jpg

aristocrat's wife
http://www.haanen.com/bbs/UPLOADFILE/2004-9/200491311129964.jpg


Follow a pic of people who lived before 'Qin Dynasty' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qin_Dynasty)
http://www.haanen.com/bbs/UPLOADFILE/2004-9/200491313710564.png

[Mandylion]

Thank you for the pictures :-)

Imperial court dress is based off Chinese court dress and dates from the Heian period (794 - 1185). Other than a nice point of comparison, is there a point you wanted to make 4321go?

[Tokis-Phoenix]

This is a nice little video i found of 2 assistants dressing a young lady in a Heian period 12 layer kimono if anyones interested- must be very hot to wear those kimonos, there are even some reports that some nobles wore as many as 24 layers of kimono :shock: :relief: ;

http://www.tokyodv.com/culture/HinaKimono.html

:disco:

[nice gaijin]

scrolling back and forth, the headdress looks similar, and they're both wearing robes. I can see the influence but they aren't overwhelmingly similar.

Where are these photos from? they obviously aren't from the Meiji and Qin eras, though the clothing might be accurately recreated.