THE DOG THAT WAITED FOR THE POET

A blog about the original writing project, "Adazakura".

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Nagisa Aki in Pale Dawn, Hanagumi 1997.

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Nagisa Aki in Pale Dawn, Hanagumi 1997.

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Nagisa Aki in Pale Dawn, Hanagumi 1997.

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Nagisa Aki (one with Takumi Hibiki) in Pale Dawn, Hanagumi 1997.

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Edo period types of hakama pants, fantastic chart by Edo-lover Nadeshico Rin. You can see here from left to right, top to bottom:

Fundomi hakama 踏込袴 - pants with a narrow bottom hem, a type of nobakama (see below)

Tattsuke hakama 裁付袴 - pants tight below the knee, sometimes refered as "ninja pants" (= Iga hakama). Those were worn by many, from samurai to servants and craftmen.

Umanoribakama 馬乗袴 - lit. "riding pants", wide hakama with high gusset split legs for confortable horse riding.

Nagabakama 長袴 - formal trailing hakama worn by samurai from late Muromachi era.

Andonbakama - skirt-like hakama worn by Meiji period female teachers and students (hence why it's sometimes called onna bakama). A boy version appeared after mid-Meiji.

Yamabakama 山袴 - daily-life work pants with narrow legs and sometimes a gathered bottom hem. Name greatly varies depending on areas and time. A direct descendant of this style are women's monpe もんぺ.

Nobakama 野袴 - shorter hakama with black velvet hem, worn by travelling samurai. It was also part of firefighters' gear.

Hirabakama 平袴 - the "classic" ankle lenght men hakama pants, with a low gusset which means it looks nice when sitting (tailoring is hence different from the umanori, see above). Also called hanbakama 半袴, those were longer than the ancient kobakama 小袴 and shorter than formal trailing nagabakama (see above).

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The Poetess Ono no Komachi in the Rain, Utagawa Toyokuni I (1769-1825)

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Fujisawa Ukiyo-e Museum

藤沢市藤澤浮世絵館 ✨

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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

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Katsura Riky (Katsura Imperial Villa) 桂離宮 Kyoto, 1620-45, Edo Period Prince Hachijo Toshihito (1579-1629), with later additions by Toshitada (1619-62) and Kobori Enshu (1579-1647)

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A fic from Isamu's point of view, part of the Adazakura verse, a F/F story taking place in Edo period Japan.

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Two ficlets from Natsu's point of view, the Adazakura 'verse; Edo period Japan, a F/F story.

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Two fics from Inu's point of view, the Adazakura verse; Edo period Japan, a F/F story.

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Nagisa Aki in Hanagumi's Pale Dawn, 1997.

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Nagisa Aki in Hanagumi's Pale Dawn, 1997.

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Maikaze Rira in Hanagumi's Pale Dawn, 1997.

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Maikaze Rira (left) and with Iori Naoka (right) in Hanagumi's Pale Dawn, 1997.

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Maikaze Rira (left) and with Nagisa Aki (right), Hanagumi's Pale Dawn, 1997.