A daishō is typically depicted as a katana and wakizashi mounted in matching koshirae but originally the daishō was the wearing of any long and short uchigatana together.

An edict in 1629 defining the duties of a samurai required the wearing of a daishō when on official duty.

During the Meiji period an edict was passed in 1871 abolishing the requirement of the wearing of daishō by samurai, and in 1876 the wearing of swords in public by most of Japan's population was banned ; this ended the use of the daishō as the symbol of the samurai, and the samurai class was abolished soon after the sword ban.

He was a big man, wearing a neat flannel shirt against the cold foothill air.

She was wearing nothing beneath the coat.

A little man with a `` a dark copper color '' skin, he was wearing `` calico trousers and a white cotton short gown ''.

United States Senator Royal S. Copeland was wearing the robes of Santa Claus and a great white beard ; ;

Upon a visit to a local junior college last week, I was shocked to see the young ladies wearing short shorts and the young men wearing Bermuda shorts.

The door was answered by a slender man in his sixties -- straight-backed, somewhat clerical in manner, wearing rimless glasses.

He was wearing sneakers and shorts and an open-collared shirt, and in his hand he carried a little black bag.

The doctor was wearing a long New England greatcoat, hardly necessary in the June weather but a garment which proved well adapted to the sequestration of hens.

She was wearing her dark hair in two, thick braids to attain an `` American Girl '' effect she thought was appropriate to Halloween.

She it was who had looked to see if I was wearing shoes upon learning that I couldn't drive.

His eyes had the same dreadful rigid stare as Dr. Grimesby Roylott's when he was found before his open safe wearing the speckled band.

Another frequent pioneer difficulty, caused by wearing rough and heavy shoes and boots, was corns.

Dean Thaddeus Seymour, wearing ski clothes, was crowning a beauteous damsel queen of the Carnival.

If Felix was still wearing the hat and carrying the horn because he'd forgotten about them, he now remembered.

She was wearing a brown cotton dress, cut across the hips in a way that was supposed to make her look slimmer, a yoke set into the skirt and flaring pleats below.

This was the same, except that it was the murder of one man by two men and neither of us was wearing gloves.

Eugenia hated being cold worse than anything, and she was beginning to find the joys of poverty wearing thin.

The night we first met, at one of Mrs. Monmouth's giant parties, he was wearing a brown cashmere jacket with silver buttons and a soft pink Viyella shirt ; ;

She was wearing some sort of gray blazer.

Parliament also banned the bearing of arms and the wearing of tartans, and limited the activities of the Episcopalian Church.

While the wearing of katana was limited to the samurai class, wakizashi of legal length ( ko-wakizashi ) could be carried by the chonin class which included merchants.

California Education Code 48907 affirms students ' rights to " the wearing of buttons, badges, and other insignia " as well freedom of speech in student publications, subject to limited restrictions.

To be considered a tuxedo cat, its black coloring should be solid throughout, with white limited to the paws, belly, chest, throat, face, and possibly the chin: it should appear as if the cat were wearing a tuxedo.

However, he also recognized that limited warfare could influence policy by wearing down the opposition through a " strategy of attrition ".

Early public displays were mainly limited to the wearing of certain fashion items, such as collars and cuffs.

Activities that are notorious for causing calluses include ( but are not limited to ) construction work, many sports, wood carving, playing musical instruments, rock climbing, hiking, martial arts, weight training, dancing ( especially ballet ), praying, chopping wood, and wearing high heels.

There were numerous variants: Flower Popples ( who would turn into flowers when you flipped them inside out ), Pillow Popples ( wearing pajamas and turned into sleeping bags ), Fruit Popples ( who turned into different fruits ), and Special Editions with limited distribution ( including an animal series only released in Europe with Popples that resembled a parrot, dog and rabbit ), and Costume Popples who were wearing special outfits and turned into something related ( example: a ballerina Popple that turns into a handbag ).

As such, strikes to the body were limited as the intended victim would have been wearing extensive body armour.

Jairo Castillo wearing the limited edition " tribute " kit in 2004

Though military lawyers have yet to definitively decide whether Loan's action violated the Geneva Conventions for treatment of prisoners of war ( Lém had not been wearing a uniform ; nor was he, it is alleged, fighting enemy soldiers at the time ), where POW status was granted independently of the laws of war ; it was limited to Viet Cong seized during military operations.

In the U. K. in 1995, limited editions of the Bunny could be found wearing the kit of Blackburn Rovers-of whom the Bunny was an avid fan following their Premier League Title success.

However, the contact lenses severely limited her vision, and producer Graham Williams promised her she could stop wearing them.

Knight returned in a limited capacity in 2000 as Naked Mideon, a persona who ran around arenas wearing only a fanny pack, a pair of boots and a thong.

However, given the limited effectiveness of repellents, protecting one's self against biting flies requires taking additional measures, such as avoiding areas inhabited by the flies, avoiding peak biting times, and wearing heavy-duty, light-colored clothing including long-sleeve shirts, long pants and hats.

Beginning in 1923, a series of laws progressively limited the wearing of selected items of traditional clothing.

Some states prohibit the use of motorbikes on multi-use recreational paths or high-speed, limited access roadways, while others require additional safety equipment for operation on public roads, such as wearing a helmet.

The end of the samurai era in the 1860s, along with the 1876 ban on wearing swords in public, marked the end of any practical use for mail and other armour in Japan.

As the Sengoku civil wars progressed, the uchigatana evolved into the modern katana, and replaced the tachi as the primary weapon of the samurai, especially when not wearing armor.

A back view of a samurai with a tachi in armor wearing a sashimono, holding a spear and a severed head.

Late 1800s photograph of samurai and retainers wearing armour and holding naginata

The government also outlawed customs linked to Japan's feudal past, such as publicly displaying and wearing katana and the top knot, both of which were characteristic of the samurai class, which was abolished together with the caste system.

As Finance Minister in 1871, Ōkubo enacted a Land Tax Reform, the Haitōrei Edict, which prohibited samurai from wearing swords in public, and ended official discrimination against the outcasts.

The uniqueness of Iizasa's Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū is still evident today, in some of the modern variants of the school, in the particular aspects of weapon-wielding, posture, stance, and foot and body movements which make allowance for the fact that the bushi ( classical samurai warriors ) of his era would be wearing ' yoroi ' ( armour ) weighing around 35 kg, and fighting on uneven terrain.

RSI soldier with signature " M " monogram on lapels and wearing a " samurai " magazine-holding vest for his Beretta MAB SMG

A man of strong character, Ōmura had come to entertain such disgust at the cramped military system of feudalism that a story is told of his refusing to talk to a close companion of arms who offended him by wearing his long samurai sword during a conference.

A mounted samurai with bow & arrows, wearing a horned helmet.

Yabusame targets and their placement are designed to ritually replicate the optimum target for a lethal blow on an opponent wearing full traditional samurai armor ( O-Yoroi ) which left the space just beneath the helmet visor bare.

The pirates " the Bonnes " return once again as antagonists of the series but allied with three new members: a blonde-haired man named Glyde who uses Birdbots as servants, and Bola and Klaymoor, a floating samurai and an enormous man wearing armor, respectively.

A samurai wearing the horo, or stiffened cloak that helped messengers and bodyguards increase their visibility.

A samurai wearing the horo, a garment used as a defense against arrows. A horo, opened up flat.

Although unknown, rumour has it that the episode caused a minor clash like that of the samurai in which the opponent was wearing a clothing that resembles that of the Japanese cultural background.