Jōe

{{Short description|Religious garment worn in Japan}}

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{{nihongo3|sometimes translated as "pure cloth"|浄衣|Jōe}} is a garment worn in Japan by people attending religious ceremonies and activities, including Buddhist and Shinto related occasions. The {{transl|ja|jōe}} is essentially a white {{transl|ja|kariginu}}, traditional hunting robes worn by nobles during the Heian period.

Though both Shinto and Buddhist priests wear {{transl|ja|jōe}} to rituals, laymen also occasionally wear the {{transl|ja|jōe}}, such as when participating in pilgrimage such as the Shikoku Pilgrimage. The garment is usually white or yellow, and is made of linen or silk depending on its type and use.

Shinto priests who wear the {{transl|ja|jōe}} usually wear it with a peaked cap known as {{transl|ja|tate-eboshi}}, alongside an outer tunic - the {{transl|ja|jōe}} proper - an outer robe called {{transl|ja|jōe no sodegukuri no o}}, an undergarment known as the {{transl|ja|hitoe}} (lit. "unlined" or "one-layer"), ballooning trousers called {{transl|ja|sashinuki}} or {{transl|ja|nubakama}} (a variant of the {{transl|ja|hakama}}), and a girdle called {{transl|ja|jōe no ate-obi}}. A priest may also carry a ceremonial wand known as a {{transl|ja|haraegushi}}, or another style of baton known as a {{transl|ja|shaku}}.