#japanese costume

[jeannepompadour]

Isho Ningyo, sometimes called kёto ningyo, dolls originally depicting beauties and popular actors, first made in the last quarter of the 17th century in Kyoto

[arthistoryanimalia]

Its #BatAppreciationDay so please appreciate this awesome 19th century Japanese kosode decorated with embroidered lucky bats, photographed in 2019 at The Life of Animals in Japanese Art exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in DC:

Kosode with Bats Japan, Edo - Meiji periods, 19th century silk twill, paste-resist dyed, embroidery, 67⅜ × 48⅞ in. National Museum of Japanese History, Chiba Prefecture

“In the West, bats - nocturnal in habit and denizens of dark places tend to be viewed as unlucky, but in China they have long been considered an auspicious motif (one of the characters used to write the word "bat" is a homonym for good fortune). The Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjüro VII (1791-1859) used bat motifs in his costumes, and the perception of these animals as a chic design element spread rapidly throughout Japan in the nineteenth century. Here a great number of them are arranged in right-left symmetry from the base of the collar to the hem.”

The above info is from the official exhibition catalog - this bat kosode is on p. 124:

The Life of Animals in Japanese Art (2019)

[asian-folk-wardrobe]

[madeleineengland]

Look at this beautiful project in Japan to design new Kimono models inspired by traditional Palestinian clothes! 🇵🇸 

Some of the project's creations were displayed at a charity bazaar in Tokyo and the founder has been very vocal about Palestine, sharing posts in support with fundraising 🇵🇸 

This is a very worthy group project, of communion of ideas, talent and cultures. Some kimono collars were embroidered by refugee woman in Ramallah, West Bank.

Check the official page where they sell the costumes and even the embroidery if you want to show support: https://www.facebook.com/100057255738695/posts/pfbid02zweY1AM5n1EciiLSTga6QKo8trE2PgZMaLLHqEJWKSeAMGqtxRMNjKU7FYLV8eLHl/

[wankohouse]

長良川郡上の鮎漁師はもっこ褌だったんだね

長良川と郡上竿の世界

ディープな世界にようこそ

俵次の息子である福手福雄氏の話では、戦前から戦後しばらくまでは、鮎釣をする格好はもっこ褌（ふんどし）1枚が普通で、それすらつけないフリダマ（フルチン）の強者も多かったとのこと。

長良川と郡上竿の世界

ディープな世界にようこそ

遠征した地方河川の先々で、地元の漁師に乞われると「掛け針を尻ヒレに通す」秘密はすぐ教えた伊豆の漁師も、砥石のことだけは最後まで秘密にしていたという。その効果は絶大で、事実その秘密が知れ渡った以降は、長良川郡上の漁師も川に入る際に褌（ふんどし）ひとつになっても、割りオモリと砥石だけはその身から離すことはなかった。

[lovedrunkheadcanons]

[heaveninawildflower]

Kimono for kabuki made of red silk, with flowering cherry boughs and pattern embroidered in gold and colours.

© The Trustees of the British Museum.

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license.

[miminaka]

[thethera-rossa]

[2000ghosts]

november 21, 2007

[jeannepompadour]

Japanese actresses Sumiko Kurishima, Chieko Matsui, Yoshiko Kawada, Yukiko Tsukuba and Sakuko Yanagi, 1926

[hinata-boke]

trick or treat

[asian-folk-wardrobe]

[redsamuraiii]

Lady Ochiba Costume Design by Carlos Rosario

Lady Ochiba was all about power and wealth. The number of layers, her cotton tabis and her luxurious fabrics determined her higher rank.

[wankohouse]

長良川と郡上竿の世界

ディープな世界にようこそ

～郡上竿の発��～＜伊豆漁師の遠征と移住＞

　大正の初め、長良川に遠征した伊豆の漁師は、郡上八幡に逗留しながら地元の漁師と交流するようになる。地元の釣り道具屋や逗留中の旅館ではもとより、請われて神社などで釣技や仕掛けについての講習をすることなどもあったという。ほとんどは夏場の漁期が終わると伊豆に帰る漁師ばかりだったが、大正１１年、そのうち一人の若者が郡上に移住する。これが山下福太郎である。

↑ ここで私が持つ貴重な写真を一枚紹介したい。タイトル　「鮎釣り（郡上八幡）」

[lovedrunkheadcanons]

Long Vintage Silk Green and Gold Furisode 👘

Gold and Green Chrysanthemums, Plum Blossoms, Tachibana, 御所車, Kanze-Mizu, Bamboo, Irises, Pines, Maple Leaves