What era? And I am not 100% sure but I think a manchira is an upper torse piece of chainmail. Is that what you are think when you say manchira?
Various info and some patterns. http://www.reconstructinghistory.com/japanese/briefhistory.html http://www.5rivers.org/en-gb/dept_8.html http://www.japan-zone.com/culture/kimono.shtml http://www.geocities.com/anne_liese_w/Japanese/japhitatare.htm http://www.iz2.or.jp/english/fukusyoku/busou/5.htm http://www.iz2.or.jp/english/fukusyoku/wayou/29.htm http://www.samurai-archives.com/clothing.html http://sengokudaimyo.com/katchu/graphics/patterns/hitatare.PDF http://www.marubeni.com/gallery/gallery0205.html http://brian.hoffert.faculty.noctrl.edu/TEACHING/Samurai.html http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2133.html De _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
