Jin

Description: Jin wears a dofuku in the series. A dofuku is usually shorter in length, going no longer than the buttocks of the person wearing it. This design was preferred by many military men in the past. The sleeves, however, on his clothing tend to be more like the furisode kimonos. This type of kimono has long, swinging sleeves. The coloring of his... ( +expand to view full text )

Description: Jin wears a dofuku in the series. A dofuku is usually shorter in length, going no longer than the buttocks of the person wearing it. This design was preferred by many military men in the past. The sleeves, however, on his clothing tend to be more like the furisode kimonos. This type of kimono has long, swinging sleeves. The coloring of his kimono is kon¡ªa deep, navy-blue shade of indigo and has four diamonds clustered together, forming a larger diamond on both his upper shoulders and back. This effect of the diamonds is created using a yûzen method, a means of dyeing in which the white (or resisted) material is either hand painted or stenciled onto the fabric ¡ª on Jin¡¯s kimono this would be the diamonds. Once the garment has been dyed, the areas that have been stenciled on or painted remain white or un-dyed. This is one of many forms of shibori, or dyeing of the garments.(The quartered diamond pattern itself closely resembles the mon or family crest of the prominent Takeda samurai family, and has led fans to speculate that Jin is a member of that family or of a related clan, although he is never given any family name in the series.)