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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 265396, member: 2844&quot;]The tobi is one piece, there are no leggings. The tobi are known as &#039;workman&#039;s&#039; trousers.</p><p>Black trousers for ninjas are not traditional, but an invention of Japanese Bunraku puppet theatre. It could well be that movie ninjas wear the same, I wouldn&#039;t know. But a real ninja would never have worn a tobi.</p><p><br /></p><p>Did I mention I owned an Asian antiques shop in the 80s? Involved a lot of buying, owning and selling.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> I had to close because of my health but never stopped collecting. I did steer away from the style of this vase, not my thing and too recent for my taste, but that is just personal. And I agree on the quality.</p><p>I bought and sold Song, Ming and Qing, if I was lucky my favourite Yuan. I also sold the more demure Japanese styles. After I stopped my own shop, I was asked to do some buying for other shops, even though I was the youngest in the trade. But that became too much after a while too.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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