#mizuki musubi

[tanuki-kimono]

Hello! Just wanna start out by saying your blog is super awsome. Either way I was wondering if you know any sources that help with obi knots and how to tie them? I've been specifically trying to find how to tie a Mizuki knot for a thing I'm putting together.

Hi <3! Mizuki is a descendant of kichiya musubi. Another one used widely today is the 文庫結び bunko musubi. You'll have much better luck searching for bunko tutorials :)

Main differences between bunko and mizuki is, as far as I can tell, the lenght of the "tails" and the way to fold the end (it's folded under/hidden in bunko, and left free in mizuki).

This site has step by step pictures for bunko:

[meruli]

Random Aikatsu Duos

A while ago, I put all the Aikatsu characters (including some side characters) into a random generator to get random trio units, now I’m doing the same but with duos because yes.

Noeru & Yume - Sayounara no Kisetsu

Risa & Koharu - Stormy

Shiori & Marin - loopy loop station

Sora & Aine - Magnetic

Shion & Yuzu - Jyuumonji Slash

Alicia & Sala - Fairytale Work Merry End

Sakuya & Kirara - New Fairytale

Rola & Kaguya - Enchante

Rose/Meisa & Maika - Hitori Gatari

Wakaba & Mikuru - Home Again

Q-Pit/Ayumi & Karen - 365th Epilogue

Aria & Ichigo - Miracle Komaranai De

Hibiki & Kii - Moonlight Legend

Ruli & Mirai - Future Diver

Yozora & Juri - Shounen yo Ware ni Kaere

Yurika & Rei - Subarashiki Sekai

Hinaki & Tsubasa - Ms.R Kara no Shinchaku Mail

Mio & Ran- Tsunagu Mirai

Otome & Elza - Pin Heel Moon

Ako & Ann - Muteki Otome ka Progress

Rinna & Michelle - Chou Musubi Amulet

Sakura & Hime - Utagoe, Soshite Aoi Tori

Madoka & Ema - My Pace Daio

Nina & Mahiru - Visual Vampire

Beat/Kyouko & Lily - ACE of WANDS

Hana/Mao & Mizuki - Song of Daybreak

Raki & Nono - Gimme Gimme Greedy

Aoi & Kokone - Kinmokusei

Miyabi & Kaede - Samidare

Maria & Rin - Shikashi Shikajika

Asami & Akari - Non Stop Road

Sumire & Seira & Hikari - Re:JUDGEMENT

[kimonobeat]

Hitoto Yo Lyrics: Hanamizuki (ハナミズキ; Flowering Dogwood)

English translation and romanization below the cut.

ENGLISH

You hold out your hand And push up the sky. Oh May Please, come here Please come to the water’s edge I’ll give you flower buds The flowering dogwood in my garden

Light pink, and so very adorable I hope your never-ending dreams end as they should I hope you and the one you love last for a hundred years

Summer is too hot And my feelings are too heavy for you If we crossed together I’m sure our boat would sink Please, go on Please go on ahead

I hope my patience will bear fruit someday And the never-ending waves stop as they should I hope you and the one you love last for a hundred years

Hoist your white sails In pursuit of fluttering butterflies On Mother’s Day, Please send a dogwood leaf No need to wait No need to know

Light pink, and so very adorable I hope your never-ending dreams end as they should I hope you and the one you love last for a hundred years

I hope my patience will bear fruit someday And the never-ending waves stop as they should I hope you and the one you love last for a hundred years

I hope you and the one you love last for a hundred years

ROMAJI

sora wo oshi-agete te wo nobasu kimi gogatsu no koto douka kite hoshii mizugiwa made kite hoshii tsubomi wo ageyou niwa no hanamizuki

usubeni-iro no kawaii kimi no ne hatenai yume ga chanto owarimasu you ni kimi to suki na hito ga hyaku-nen tsudzukimasu you ni

natsu wa atsu-sugiet boku kara kimochi wa omo-sugite issho ni wataru ni wa kitto fune ga shinjau douzo yukinasai osaki ni yukinasai

boku no gaman ga itsuka mi wo musubi hatenai nami ga chanto tomarimasou you ni kimi to suki na hito ga hyaku-nen tsudzukimasu you ni

hirari chouchou wo oikakete shroi ho wo agete haha no hi ni nareba mizuki no ha okutte kudasai matanakutemo ii yo shiranakutemo ii yo

usubeni-iro no kawaii kimi no ne hatenai yume ga chanto owarimasu you ni kimi to suki na hito ga hyaku-nen tsudzukimasu you ni

boku no gaman ga itsuka mi wo musubi hatenai nami ga chanto tomarimasou you ni kimi to suki na hito ga hyaku-nen tsudzukimasu you ni

kimi to suki na hito ga hyaku-nen tsudzukimasu you ni

[midzukishibataexperiments]

MIDZUKI Shibata CV

An art experimenter / Based in Tokyo.

As I had the experience of "imagine the inside" through lessons of Kendo and Chado, I had worked on making "gaze" visible, but I gradually became interested in "pot" as a form of imagining the contents and worked on "pot" as an object to admire. In recent years, under the theme of "Why Do Humans Form Pots(Vessels)?" I have repeatedly used daily items to "make a pot". The main materials are the soil of the place I visited and the waste generated in my life, and I selects those materials in order to get the initial action of "make" from where I am/where I was.

/About

1987 Born in Tokyo, Japan.

2011 BFA, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Oil painting course.

2014 MFA, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Oil painting course.

2015-2016 Residency of Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris.

2017-2018 Learning as exchange at Beaux-Arts de Paris.

2019 PhD of Art, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music.

/Prize

2019 The mayor of Minakami Prize

2019 Winning the 2nd International Art Exhibition in Makurazaki Prize

2017 Kan-hikari Arts prize

2016 GEIDAIxMARUNOUCHI Arts Prize

2015 Supported by Japan Arts Foundation  

2015 Scholar of Ishibashi Foundation for Traveling Scholarship Program of Geidai

2014 Winning the Takahashi Geiyu-kai prize

2011 Winning the Mr.O prize

2008 Winning the Keiichiro Kume prize

/Public Collection

The University Art Museum / GEIDAI, Tokyo, Japan

Minakami Collection / Gunma prefecture, Japan

Maison de Japon(in the maison de japon president's room）／Cité Universitaire, Paris

/Solo Exhibition

2022 <WOODS> VIENTO ARTS GALLERY／ Gunma, Japan

2020 <POTS> RISE Gallery / Tokyo, Japan

2019 <Mizuki Shibata Solo exhibition> iGallery DC / Yamanashi, Japan

2018 <Perception> Ai Gallery / Tokyo, Japan

2018 Small exhibition<Objet -les petit pot-> galerie Ichi-gatsu to Shichi-gatsu / Paris, France

2016 <VISIBLE/IMVISIBLE/LESS-VISIBLE> City des arts Paris / Paris, Tokyo

2013 <MIRU TSUBO> SUZUYA Draper's shop / Tokyo, Japan

2010 <Experiments> Open Studio&Gallery SUZULOHAKO / Tokyo, Japan

2009 < trim.> HIMAWARI Garden / Tokyo, Japan

/Group Exhibitions & Works

2021 <Phantom/Phantasmagoria> Masaki kinen-kan / Tokyo, Japan

2021 <Nakanojo Biennale 2021> Akaiwa-village(Gunma), Japan 

2021 <Onirism Collectif #7> zoom / online event

2019 <Nakanojo Biennale 2019> Akaiwa-village(Gunma), Japan

2019 <Espace de Réflexion> Spiral / Tokyo, Japan

2018 <Doctoral Program Final Exhibition 2018 - Tokyo University of the Arts> The University Arts Museum / Tokyo, Japan 

2018 <KAN-HIKARI ART EXPO 2018 KYOTO・KAMAKURA ～結 musubi～> Sennyu-ji / Kyoto, Japan

2018 <Esprit es-tu là?> Design Festa Gallery / Tokyo, Japan

2018 <Obi vol.04 - Shoei Dormitory Stories> Shoei Dormitory / Kyoto, Japan

2018 <Mutual Grounds> Galerie Droite / Paris,France

2018 <Le Flash> Gallery Droite et Gauche / Paris, France

2017 <La tête en fumet>  Maison du Japon / Paris, France

     <Gakugei University Ishii Lab×Paris Beaux-Arts Tadashi Kawamata 

       Atelier[workshop:white]> Cour Vitrée du Palais des études / Paris, France

     <PRIMITIVE ACT」Gakusei-Kaikan / Tokyo, Japan

2017 ZHdK×GEIDAI project <Moving Perception in Tokyo> Yuga Gallery / Tokyo, Japan

2016 <depositors meeting 14> art & rever bank / Tokyo, Japan

     <PLACES> Kunstverein Jahnstrasse e.V. / Braunschweig, Germany

     <Student Arts marathon> blanClass / Yokohama, Japan

     <Art in Yujuku> Minakami onsen village / Gunma, Japan

     <upward view> project room of Geidai / Tokyo, Japan

     <RUINES> Centre Commercial Avaricum / Bourges, France

2015 <ZHdK&GEIDAI - Half-open, Half-collapsed, Half-understood> Chinretsu kan / Tokyo, Japan

     <Munster Academy&GEIDAI - A Guest + A Host = A Ghost> Tokyo University of the Arts / Tokyo, Japan

     <Inner History> Ai Gallery / Tokyo, Japan

     <OBI vol.02 -HIRAKU-> Obiya Sutematsu / Kyoto, Japan

     <Yadokari Tokyo vol.15 - PRIMITIVE ACT> Itadaki BLD. / Tokyo, Japan

     <One Corner and Space> Gallery Hakusen / Tokyo, Japan

2014 <The Power of  Expression - Tokyo University of the Arts selection> Hiunkaku / Kagawa, Japan

     <OBI vol.01> Yuga Gallery / Tokyo, Japan

2013 <Tokyo-ArtMeeting03-Arts and Music> The University Art Museum / Tokyo, Japan

     <Self Portrait 4/12> Art Space1,2 / Tokyo, Japan

2012 <In the AIR at Harada rice shop> Harada rice shop / Chiba, Japan

     <Open end / Open process> Tokyo University of the Art / Tokyo, Japan

2011 <Staring Eyes/Sly Eyes> [five shows a year] Yuga Gallery / Tokyo, Japan

     <Spring Board2011> Ueno Break Station Gallery / Tokyo, Japan

     <4th The Pyramid Scheme> RED CUBE Project Room / Tokyo, Japan

2010 <MACHI-NAKA Art University project - HOME ROOM> KOJIMA ART PLAZA / Tokyo, Japan

2009 <Embassy of France & Tokyo University of the Arts participates in the host project [No Man’s Land] MEMENTO VIVERE/MEMENTO FANTASMA> Embassy of France former building / Tokyo, Japan         

     <SUZULOHAKO Opuscule Exhibition> OpenStudio&Gallery SUZULOHAKO / Tokyo, Japan

     <Yu-bi ‘09> Tower Hall FUNABORI / Chiba, Japan

     <GEIDAI＆QCA joint project - HASHI HASHI>  QCA Gliffith Univ.The Galleria / Queensland, Arstraria

2008 <GEIDAI＆QCA joint project - PLANET UENO>  Old SAKAMOTO elementary school / Tokyo, Japan

     <THE KUME PRIZE -2008-> Tokyo University of the Arts / Tokyo, Japan

[tanuki-kimono]

Edo period women obi knots, fantastic reference chart by Edo lover Nadeshico Rin.

You can see here several obi musubi favored by city women, of all class and status. Novelty knots were a fashion statement, often lauched by star onnagata kabuki actors, and spread by iki fashionistas such as geisha.

For top to bottom, left to right, you can see here:

Chidori musubi (plover knot) ちどり結び

Shôryû musubi (little dragon knot) 小龍結び

Kichiya musubi (Kichiya knot) 吉弥 結び - named after onnagata actor Uemura Kichiya I in Genroku period, who single handedly launched a new type of knots and obi fashion

Koman musubi (Koman knot) 小万結び - named after a kabuki character in play Yakko no Koman

Nagoya obi (Nagoya belt) 名古屋帯 - Azuchi Momoyama/Early Edo era silk kumihimo tied in butterfly knot

Yanoji musubi (arrow knot) 矢の字結び - created by onnagata actor Segawa Kikunojo II. Also found under the name tateya musubi 立て矢結び (standing arrow knot)

Yoshio musubi (Yoshio knot) よしお結び

Mizuki musubi (Mizuki knot) 水木結び - onnagata actor Mizuki Tatsunosuke is said to have first worn this variation of the Kichiya musubi

Rokô musubi (rôkô knot) 路孝結び - created by onnagata actor Segawa Kikunojo II

Karuta musubi (card knot) カルタ結び - created in early Edo period, looking like 3 playing cards side by side

Hitotsu musubi (single knot) 一つ結び - during Edo, was also called darari musubi だらり結び. Note that it differs from is nowadays called darari obi (worn by maiko)

Tate musubi (standing knot) 立て結び - see yanoji/tateya musubi for variations

Bunko kuzushi (unbalanced knot) 文庫くずし

Heijûrô musubi (Heijûrô knot) 平十郎結び - created by actor Murayama Heijûrô III

Sageshita musubi (falling knot) さげ下結び

(by request of @fireflybettle, hope this will help you ^^)