Japanese Geta shoe (Ashida)

Name/Title

Japanese Geta shoe (Ashida)

Entry/Object ID

2024.07.25.33

Use

"Ashida geta have two teeth, the height of which can be short or tall. The most common ashida geta are only about two inches high. These are good for everyday wear in fair weather or light rain but, in the rainy season, puddles on the unpaved edo era streets were often deep, so deeper puddles called for higher geta, and the geta-makers (and their geta), rose to the challenge. They made geta with tall teeth; gakusei ashida geta, and ones with tall thin teeth, called takai geta (sometimes takageta), as the thin teeth keep splashing to a minimum. The tall ones are also sometimes called sushi geta because they are reported to be worn by sushi makers in restaurants where the arrangement of a sushi bar requires some height and the scraps of raw fish tossed onto the floor instil a desire to not get too close to the ground." from web titled "Traditional Japanese Footwear

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Shoe, Platform

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Shoe

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Footwear

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

geta (footwear)

Dimensions

Height

4-1/2 in

Width

3-1/2 in

Length

8-1/2 in

Material

Wood

Location

Location

Box

Box 8

Cabinet

Display Case 102

Room

Charles Whipple Greene Historical Collection

Building

George Hail Free Library

Date

July 25, 2024

Create Date

July 25, 2024

Update Date

April 30, 2025