Gakuran Japanese school uniform
museum exhibit of uniforms of ichikawa gakuen school. middle mannequin displaying gakuran.
the gakuran (学ラン) , tsume-eri (詰襟) uniforms many middle-school , high-school boys in japan. color black, schools use navy blue.
the top has standing collar buttoning down top-to-bottom. buttons decorated school emblem show respect school. pants straight leg , black or dark-colored belt worn them. boys wear penny loafers or sneakers uniform. schools may require students wear collar-pins representing school and/or class rank.
the second button top of male s uniform given away female in love with, , considered way of confession. second button 1 closest heart , said contain emotions 3 years attendance @ school. practice apparently made popular scene in novel taijun takeda.
traditionally, gakuran worn along matching (usually black) student cap, although custom less common in modern times.
the gakuran derived prussian cadet uniforms. term combination of gaku (学) meaning study or student , , ran (らん or 蘭) meaning netherlands or, historically in japan, west in general; thus, gakuran translates western student (uniform) . such clothing worn school children in south korea , pre-1949 china.
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