As depicted in the Takafusa Kyo Tsuyakotoba Emaki (an illustrated scroll featuring the love affair of Takafusa REIZEI), prior to the Kamakura period, women of noble ranking would wear uchigi (ordinary kimono) or thin garment called Kazuki, which fully covered their body from the head down, without putting their arms into the sleeves when going out.
隆房卿艶詞絵巻に描かれているように、鎌倉時代以前より高貴な身分の女性が外出する際には、頭の上から身体をすっぽりと覆う被衣（かづき）と呼ばれる袿（うちぎ）あるいは薄い衣を、袖を通さずに被っていた。