page_title: School uniforms in Japan
section_title: Gakuran
hierarchical_section_title: School uniforms in Japan / Gakuran
caption_attribution_description: English: en:Ichikawa Gakuen school uniform.
context_page_description: The Japanese school uniform is modeled in appearance similar to that of the European-style naval uniforms and was first used in Japan in the late 19th century, replacing the traditional kimono. Today, school uniforms are common in many of the Japanese public and private school systems. The Japanese word for this type of uniform is seifuku.
context_section_description: The gakuran (学ラン) and the tsume-eri (詰襟) are the uniforms for many middle-school and high-school boys in Japan. The color is normally black, but some schools use navy blue.
  The top has a standing collar buttoning down from top-to-bottom. Buttons are usually decorated with the school emblem to show respect to the school. Pants are straight leg and a black or dark-colored belt is worn with them. Boys usually wear penny loafers or sneakers with this uniform. Some schools may require the students to wear collar-pins representing the school and/or class rank.
  Traditionally, the gakuran is also worn along with a matching (usually black) student cap, although this custom is less common in modern times.
  The gakuran is derived from the Prussian Waffenrock. The term is a combination of gaku (学) meaning "study" or "student", and ran (らん or 蘭) meaning the Netherlands or, historically in Japan, the West in general; thus, gakuran translates as "Western style clothes for student (uniform)".The original model of the present days Gakuran was first established in 1886 for the students of Tokyo University. During the Japanese occupation, Such clothing was also brought to school in South Korea and pre-1949 China.
caption: Museum exhibit of the uniforms of the Ichikawa Gakuen school. The middle mannequin is displaying a gakuran.
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