Full shot of sokutai and jūnihitoe, Heian Period Costumes

Since the Heian period, knowledge about court costumes was transmitted along with the court ceremonies as the scholarly field known as yūsoku, while the methods of donning the costumes were passed on in the academic field known as emondō (“the way of garments and patterns”). Even today, the imperial family wears Heian-period style costumes such as the sokutai and jūnihitoe for weddings.