Style of IKIJI Part8

“KONYA no Shiro-bakama” and Wimbledon

(Specialists often fail to apply their skills to themselves)

This year also, The Wimbledon tennis will be started from July 1, expectations of Japanese players will also greatly increase. Speaking of the color of Wimbledon, it is that British green. And the court is also a unique green lawn court, and more than anything, the player’s wear is defined as white in the four major competitions. This combination of green and white will shine on the center court of that glowing battle.

So why does Wimbledon have to wear white color clothes? Let’s suppose that we read it from its history. It seems that this tennis has old history and has its original shape in Egypt BC, but the former is played in an open court using a racket from a game in which medieval French nobles hit the ball with their palms in the palace corridor. This COURT was named after the meaning of the palace and the courtyard of its origin.

In other words, originally from the aristocrat’s play, it is basically to enjoy the rally hit and back the ball when playing in the outer court, without continuing the service ace or smash, etc., continues to return back gorgeously just like dancing elegantly , It was a game that the one who made a mistake lost. For this reason, men dare to wear white flannel long pants, and women to wear white long skirts up to their heel, and at the time of falling down, they were dressed in such a way that dirt would immediately stand out. It is Wimbledon that has inherited that thought.

Japan had the same idea. It’s a “KONYA no Shiro-bakama”. Konya is a master of Indigo Dyeing House and who wear white bleached Hakama-pants instead of indigo dyed, that is to say “Specialists often fail to apply their skills to themselves” In other words, it is often used as an example where you work only for others and you have no time to put your hand for yourself. But in fact, this is the pride of the artisan, not dropping even a drop of dye onto white hakama-pants while working brilliantly.  Both the Wimbledon player and the master craftsman of the indigo dyeing house, dressing in white clothes are signs of their own pride. IKIJI’s white polo shirts inherit the spirit and spirit of such Japanese craftsmen.