In those days people in the upper class enjoyed sea bathing in western-style swimwear (bathing suits), but western-style swimming suits were still too expensive for commoners and so they swam wearing fundoshi (rokushaku fundoshi) or mizugoromo (water robes). |
当時の上流階級は洋装の水着(水泳着)で海水浴を勤しんだが、まだまだ洋装の水着(水泳着)は庶民には高価で、一般庶民の水着は褌(六尺褌)や水衣が一般的なものであった。 |