#Okoso zukin

[tanuki-kimono]

Women Edo era kaburimono (headdress), handy chart by @nadeshicorin, showing from left to right top to bottom:

Segawa bôshi (Segawa headgear) 瀬川帽子 : Made popular in mid-Edo thanks to actor Segawa Kikunojo I

Wa bôshi (ring headgear) 輪帽子 : cotton cloth covering forehead and tied under the chin

Wata bôshi (cotton headgear) 綿帽子 : cotton cap protecting hair from wind and dust. Nowadays this style is worn by brides

Agebôshi (butterfly headgear) 揚帽子 : Worn by women of the samurai and wealthy class (I know this style under the name ageha bôshi)

Okoso zukin (Big sleeve hood) 御高袖頭市 : large hood worn during cold weather

Fukinagashi (loose veil headgear) 吹き流し : very iki (fashionable) style, in ukiyoe women are often depicted holding up a corner in their mouths

Anesan kaburi (wrap-around headdress) 姉さん被り: tenugui headdress worn by working women (the anesan=“older sister” stresses the humble origin of this style)

Katsugi (Kosode veil-cape) 被衣 : Remnant of travelling attires used during Heian and Muromachi eras. It remained fashionable in Kyoto until mid Edo

[novakspector]

Okoso-zukin (御高祖頭巾) is a traditional Japanese winter hood which could be drawn under the chin or over part of the face for warmth, which first became popular during the Kyōhō era (1716-1736) and worn until Meiji era (1868-1912). Young women wore purple, light purple and red colored okoso-zukin, while middle-aged women favored dark blue and grey.

[alltimesjapan]

"Geisha in Winter Costume", 1890s ~ photo by Tamamura Kōzaburō (玉村 康三郎, 1856—1923) of Yokohama.

A woman wearing a thick winter kimono and an Okoso-zukin (御高祖頭巾) headscarf. This photograph appears in the book entitled “Illustrations of Japanese Life” published in 1896.

Text as follows: “A Walk on a Snowy Day – The snow fall is very heavy in the northern provinces, but very light in Tokyo. The silvery scene is much appreciated here so that the first snow fall invariably tempts many Tokyo people to hire a skiff and sail on the Sumida River to enjoy nature in her silvery robe. In wintery days the Japanese woman wears a head-gear made of a long piece generally of crape, which covers the head as well as part of the face. Although the shawl is the latest innovation to her of late it has become quite prevalent.”

[salonduthe]

Geiko (geisha) Kayo dressed in winter clothes ready for a snowy day. This type of headscarf is called an Okoso-zukin.

Era Kayo 江良加代 was a popular geiko (geisha) in Gion, Kyoto during the early Meiji period (1870s). At one time she became the mistress of Saionji Kinmochi (1849 – 1940), who was a politician, statesman and twice Prime Minister of Japan. Although, Kido Takayoshi (1833 – 1877), a statesman during the Meiji Restoration, pursued her and promised to pay for her stage costumes, he died before he kept his word. After Kido’s death, Ito Hirobumi (1841 – 1909), four times Prime Minister of Japan, paid for her costumes in his stead, but she jilted Ito to become the mistress of Mitsui Gen’emon (1867 – 1945), a noted businessman.

Her name is written in kanji on the reverse, sometimes with the honourable prefix O (お), e.g. O-Kayo.

(with thanks to Blue Ruin 1)

[arrhakis]

(via The Shō Player - 笙演奏家 | The Shō Player - 笙演奏家 By Daniel Arrh… | Flickr)

The Shō Player - 笙演奏家

By Daniel Arrhakis / 大仁得 赤竜  / 丹尼尔·红龙 (2020)

With the music : Ono Gagaku-kai - Japon: Gagaku (Ocora, 1980)

https://youtu.be/gtsRl2irtvs

The shō (笙) is a Japanese free reed musical instrument that was introduced from China during the Nara period (AD 710 to 794). It is descended from the Chinese sheng, of the Tang Dynasty era, although the shō tends to be smaller in size than its contemporary sheng relatives. It consists of 17 slender bamboo pipes, each of which is fitted in its base with a metal free reed. Several instruments were derived from the sheng, including the Japanese shō and the Korean saenghwang.

The shō is one of the three primary woodwind instruments used in gagaku, Japan's imperial court music.

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Work made with stock images and images of mine. Art collage, textured layered techniques, color saturation techniques and several digital painting processes.

The Musician use  Shintō Vestments, a  Kannushi shozoku,  a cerimonial jacket of  Shintō Priest, an official Heian (1) costume.

(1) The Heian period running from 794 to 1185 and was  characterized by great cultural and artistic wealth.

Lady in top from vintage photographs with “okoso zukin”  an old Japanese winter custom, used as a hood and scarf a type of Japanese Hijab.