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The aim of this study was to examine the process of organizing the police uniform system in the latter period of the Meiji era in Japan, and explain the characteristics of the costume system based on literary research focusing on laws and regulations. Through an examination of each and every costume system, it was found that in 1890, the Japanese police uniform was given a more ¡°glamorous¡± appearance than the previous uniform, and that the roles of patterns of the national flag of Japan were expanded to indicate grades. The types of costume were increased due to the organization of a formal wear system, and a method of manufacturing costumes and insignia was defined based on specific regulations on uniforms. In the case of the police uniform in 1896, the formal uniform was distinguished from ordinary clothes to organize the formal wear system and introduce functional design to jackets and hats. In addition, regulations on the uniform were systematized on the strength of the addition of an auxiliary costume and the suggestion of a method of production and size. In terms of police uniforms in 1908, those worn by police officials in the Japanese Policy Agency and policemen had unity in terms of laws and regulations and design, and their design became simplified as a whole. Mark-based indication of grades changed into pattern-based indication of grades, and cherry blossom patterns reappeared. The laws and regulations that aimed to define uniforms were more systematized, and they were maintained until their comprehensive modification in 1946. The police uniform system that had been organized to some extent in the first part of the Meiji era was restructured and modified to suit the police of that time, and a modern police uniform system was derived in the latter half of the Meiji era.

The aim of this study was to examine the process of organizing the police uniform system in the latter period of the Meiji era in Japan, and explain the characteristics of the costume system based on literary research focusing on laws and regulations. Through an examination of each and every costume system, it was found that in 1890, the Japanese police uniform was given a more ¡°glamorous¡± appearance than the previous uniform, and that the roles of patterns of the national flag of Japan were expanded to indicate grades. The types of costume were increased due to the organization of a formal wear system, and a method of manufacturing costumes and insignia was defined based on specific regulations on uniforms. In the case of the police uniform in 1896, the formal uniform was distinguished from ordinary clothes to organize the formal wear system and introduce functional design to jackets and hats. In addition, regulations on the uniform were systematized on the strength of the addition of an auxiliary costume and the suggestion of a method of production and size. In terms of police uniforms in 1908, those worn by police officials in the Japanese Policy Agency and policemen had unity in terms of laws and regulations and design, and their design became simplified as a whole. Mark-based indication of grades changed into pattern-based indication of grades, and cherry blossom patterns reappeared. The laws and regulations that aimed to define uniforms were more systematized, and they were maintained until their comprehensive modification in 1946. The police uniform system that had been organized to some extent in the first part of the Meiji era was restructured and modified to suit the police of that time, and a modern police uniform system was derived in the latter half of the Meiji era.