Waraji

Waraji over indigo-blue tabi, the sock colour digitally altered for clarity
Similar four- and six-warp Chinese sandals, c. 1930 (other views)

Waraji (草鞋わらじ) (IPA: [w̜aɺadʑi]) are light tie-on sandals, made from (usually straw) ropemaking fibers, that were the standard footwear of the common people in Japan.[1]

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