Detail of the shitagasane train of the sokutai costume, Heian Period Costumes

The woman’s jūnihitoe sports a long pleated half skirt (mo) draped from the hips and trailing out to the back, and the men’s under robe (shitagasane) has a long narrow trains trailing behind the person. Scenes in picture scrolls depict men with their shitagasane trains (kyo) hanging out of ox carriages or hung over the balustrades of verandahs.