| Color and fabric standards of shitagasane worn with men’s sokutai | ||||||||
| Summer shitagasane | Winter shitagasane | |||||||
| Fabric | Color | Cloth | Fabric | Color | Cloth | |||
| Emperor | Surface | Kenmon shomon | Sûo | Tate tobishi | Stiff silk weave or brocade | White | Ko-aoi | |
| Lining | Unlined | Stiff silk weave | Kokisûo | Tate tobishi (2/panel width) |
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| Officials | Kugyô (ranks 1–3) |
Surface | Kenmon shomon | Sûo | Yokobishi | Stiff silk weave | White | Brocade |
| Lining | Unlined | Stiff silk weave | Black (or fukaki sûo) | Yoko tobishi | ||||
| Denjôbito (ranks 4 & 5) + 6 |
Surface | Koku shiki | Futaai | No pattern | Plain silk | White | No pattern | |
| Lining | Unlined | Plain silk | Black (or fukaki sûo) | No pattern | ||||
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Length of kyô (shitagasane train) from heels
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| Suzaku (947) |
Go-Sanjô (1070) |
Juntoku (1212) |
Late 13th C. | ||
| Shinnô (Royal Princes) | 1.5 feet | ? | ? | ? | |
| Kanpaku (Regent) | 15 feet | ||||
| Daijin (Ministers) | 1 foot | 7 feet | 10 feet | 10 feet | |
| Nagon (Counsellors) |
Dainagon | .8 foot | 6 feet | 9 feet | 8 feet |
| Chûnagon | .8 foot | 6 feet | 8 feet | 7 feet | |
| Sangi (Advisors) | .6 foot | 5 feet | 7 feet | 5 feet | |
| 3rd court rank | 5 feet | 7 feet | 5 feet * | ||
| 4th & 5th court rank | 4 feet | 6 feet | 4 feet | ||
| Bettô & daiben (Chiefs & Controllers) | 3.5 feet | ||||
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