*''Bashôfu'' is made from the fibers of a plant closely related to, but different from, the edible fruiting banana. People of all ranks or classes in society wore ''bashôfu'' garments, though the peasants' ''bashôfu'' tended to be much coarser than that worn by the aristocracy. | *''Bashôfu'' is made from the fibers of a plant closely related to, but different from, the edible fruiting banana. People of all ranks or classes in society wore ''bashôfu'' garments, though the peasants' ''bashôfu'' tended to be much coarser than that worn by the aristocracy. |