Jo-e

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In Japanese culture, the Jo-e 浄衣 (sometimes written Jôe, and translated from Japanese as "pure cloth") is a garment worn by Shinto priests in religious ceremonies. It is also sometimes worn by laymen visiting shrines to worship or attend religious ceremonies. The garment is usually made of white or yellow silk.

The priest who wears the jo-e is attired in a peaked cap called a tate-eboshi, an outer tunic called the jo-e, an outer robe called jo-e no sode-gukuri no o, an undergarment called the hitoe, ballooning trousers called sashinuki or nubakama, and a girdle called jo-e no ate-obi. He also carries a ceremonial haraigushi.

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• Basic terms of Shinto (with illustration)
• Courtier in Shinto ceremonial robe (with illustration)