A Chinese book contains a record concerning the costume of AWATA no Mahito, which states that he 'wore coronet of office with floral decoration and a purple robe tide with a silk sash,' and seems to have been equivalent to raifuku.
唐書などに粟田真人の装束を「花飾りをつけた進賢冠・紫の衣を帛の帶で縛る」と記すが、これが礼服に相当するようである。