▁had ▁to ▁sleep ▁on ▁thin ▁fut ons ▁rolled ▁out ▁on ▁bare ▁wood ▁flo ors ▁in ▁a ▁room ▁often ▁created ▁by ▁cur tain ing ▁off ▁a ▁space . ▁The ▁dwell ings ▁were ▁slightly ▁raised ▁and ▁opened ▁to ▁the ▁Japanese ▁garden , ▁aff ording ▁little ▁priv acy . ▁Bow ring ▁explains ▁how ▁vulner able ▁the ▁women ▁were ▁to ▁men ▁watching ▁them : ▁" A ▁man ▁standing ▁outside ▁in ▁the ▁garden ▁looking ▁in   .... ▁his ▁eyes ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁roughly ▁level ▁with ▁the ▁sk ir ts ▁of ▁the ▁woman ▁inside ." ▁ ▁The ▁houses ▁were ▁cold ▁and ▁dra fty ▁in ▁the ▁winter , ▁with ▁few ▁bra zi ers ▁available ▁to ▁the ▁women ▁whose ▁mult il ayer ed ▁J ū nih ito e ▁k imon os ▁kept ▁them ▁warm , ▁ ▁of ▁which ▁there ▁are ▁detailed ▁descri ptions ▁in ▁the ▁work . ▁ ▁He ian ▁era ▁noble ▁women ▁dressed ▁in ▁six ▁or ▁seven ▁gar ments , ▁each ▁layer ed ▁over ▁the ▁next , ▁some ▁with ▁multiple ▁lin ings ▁in ▁differ ing ▁h ues ▁and ▁color ▁combinations . ▁The ▁description ▁of ▁the ▁cl othing ▁the ▁ladies - in - wait ing ▁wore ▁at ▁an ▁imperial ▁event ▁shows ▁the ▁importance ▁of ▁f ash ions , ▁the ▁arrangement ▁of ▁their ▁layers , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁Mur as aki ' s ▁keen ▁observ ational ▁eye : ▁▁ ▁Com bin ing ▁layers ▁of ▁gar ments , ▁each ▁with ▁multiple ▁lin ings , ▁to ▁arrive ▁at ▁a ▁harm onic ▁color ▁combination ▁assumed ▁an ▁almost ▁rit ual ▁fasc ination ▁to ▁the ▁women .