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[[File:Noh-suo.jpg|right|thumb|320px|A ''suô'' costume from the [[Noh]] theater, on display at the [[Tokyo National Museum]]]]
::''For the placename, see [[Suo province]].''
*''Japanese'': 素襖 ''(suou)''
''Suô'' was one style of [[samurai]] outfit, consisting of a simple unlined [[ramie]] robe, paired with ''[[hakama]]'' pants. The style developed in the [[Kamakura period]], and by the [[Edo period]] was a standard form of ceremonial or semi-formal dress for lower-class samurai.
''Suô'' also came to be worn on the [[Noh]] stage, by actors representing low- or middle-ranking samurai characters. In Noh, stencil-dyed robes are used, decorated with patterns more elaborate than would be worn by samurai in actual (off-stage) circumstances.
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==References==
*Gallery labels, Tokyo National Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/17097944509/in/photostream/]
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