from the floating world

A Japan blog with a focus on the traditional. Expressing the wa (和) aesthetic in images both historic and modern. bg pattern by ボルボネ

[fromthefloatingworld]

ありがとうございました！

After four years, I've decided for various reasons that I will not be posting on this blog any more.

Thank you so much to everyone who's followed me and enjoyed my posts over the years. It's been interesting and fun.

my most popular posts - my own photos from Tokyo + Fukui prefecture

Thank you!!!!

[blackcoffeecinnamon]

Kikugawa Eizan (1787-1867)　菊川 英山

Hashidate of the Oogiya (House of Folding Fans)　扇屋内橋立、1814-17

from the series Elegant Comparisons of Famous Flowers from the Red Light District　風流青楼名花合

[okiya]

Miyako Odori 2014 - 全体 - 04 (by Stéphane Barbery)

[thekimonogallery]

Mao Inoue in kimono.  Japan

[thekimonogallery]

[detail]  Meiji Jingu Yabusame.  Images taken  November 3rd, 2014.  in Meiji Jingu during the annual Yabusame (horse back archery) festival.  Tokyo, Japan.  Text and photography by Bernard Languillier on Flickr

[mizunokisu]

Mount Nantai by campra on Flickr.

[geisha-kai]

Maiko Kanoyumi dancing at the Heian Shrine by TAMAYURA on Flickr

[fehyesvintagemanga]

Nakahara Junichi

[thekimonogallery]

Sakata Tomomi.  Japan

[mizunokisu]

Kiyomizu by campra on Flickr.

[rt13rosca]

2014.10.21

[yuikki-deactivated20170206]

_MG_0833 by kimnovax on Flickr.

[thekimonogallery]

Costume for a lady in the service of the Imperial Court. Heian era, Japan

[blackcoffeecinnamon]

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)　歌川国芳

Woman with an Arrangement of Chrysanthemums (inscribed poem about flower arangement), 1854

[kimononagoya]

[yuikki-deactivated20170206]

RIMG31001 by kimnovax on Flickr.

[geisha-kai]

October 2014: maiko Kanoemi who gained senior rank this month by @keiko_hama on Instagram