KanisKuussa @kaniskuussa - Tumblr Blog

shadow27

witchofprose-deactivated2020041

This is the FUNNIEST SHIT I HAVE EVER SEEN

untitled12573

Reblogging for cultural enrichment

lab-gr0wn-lambs

bout time I brought back the Laurel and Hardy flex tape-

knitmeapony

From The Killers, 1946. A Film Noir Classic

theprofessional-amateur

I’m an archivist, behold my growing collection was of old photos mirroring timeless memes I’ve come across at various places I’ve worked.

dajo42

at my wedding yes i will have a maid of honour but why stop there. ill give all my maids titles. we will have a maid of hope. a maid of horror. a maid of horticulture. a maid of harm. a maid of healing. and of course. a maid of hogs

tanuki-kimono

hello!

to start off, i just wanna say that i love your blog and it has been a wonderful archive and resource for kimono and japanese fashion history!

on that note, i was wondering if you happen to know about these tight sleeves worn by the main characters on jidaigeki? (circled in red)

someone on reddit suggested that it could be a strip of sarashi wrapped around the arm, while this ask here said it could be a juban with its long sleeves bounded tightly (they did provide a link which is now unfortunately no longer available).

i was just wondering which is correct, and if these sleeves are historically accurate?

thank you! ☺️

Hi! Thank you for your kind words <3

Well technically one could use fabric strips to wrap arms (and legs), but it's dubious this would have been done unless you were a rag-wearer of some kind. This is inconceivable in a formal setting (first pic), and for well-off samurai (second pic).

To my knowledge, juban would not have been used like this either. Wrapping them would have looked wonky and felt uncomfortable considering juban tailoring.

Arm wrappers are in fact a whole category of "traditional" clothing, and generally called 手甲 tekkou, which designates any mittens-like arm bracers, tied with strings and/or kohaze clasps.

Variations existed:

in length, for example 半手甲 wrist to elbow / 長手甲 wrist to upper arm often tied together on the bust

with or without part covering backs of hands, coming in different shapes and styles, attached or not with a loop around middle finger (山付き手甲, 手甲付き手筒).

Similar attire existed for legs, in form of gaiters/leg warmers called 脚絆 kyahan.

(find more, including another "sexy" kyahan pic, and how to put them on here)

As a side note, vocab around mitten-like clothing can be confusing:

手甲 Tekkou, is the generic term for anything covering the arms and hands, including gauntlet/armored ones (which I know under the term 籠手 kote)

But you can also find the word 腕貫 udenuki = arm tube, which can made from several materials like rattan/bamboo (worn under sleeves to keep fresh during summer, or above them to protect sleeves when writing with a brush), or made from fabric (and used for warmth, to keep dirt away, etc. Also called 腕袋 udebukuro)

Nowadays, both tekkou and kyahan are still super common sight during matsuri, as they are part of the attire of mikoshi bearers and taiko drumers (see this shop here and here):

Hope this helps :)

eliasbouchardslut

stop naming your pets after anime characters i just had to ask this person "are killua's testicles enlarged?"

eliasbouchardslut

like 2 weeks ago i had to ask "is nami's liquid diarrhea getting better?"

eliasbouchardslut

i helped this guy schedule a neuter for his dog named luffy once and this man tells me with a straight face "thank you for all your help getting luffy neutered"

kosmogrl

caats

seagiri

SHE'S HERE!!!!!!!!!!

crabs-and-bongos

Why do people need subtitles to watch a show in English? I don't get it. What is wrong with the ears of young people?

0ttosbackinpurgatory

Modern movies and shows tend to have very unbalanced mixing. Also, a common trend in modern movies is more realistic dialogue (mumbling) that is not as crisp as it was in previous eras of film making.

khanuckle-deactivated20250628

I’m eating corn chips and they be crunchy and loud as hell and also I’m half deaf I think

mercurymascara

#yuru camp #laid back camp #anime

thesevenumbrellas

Tumblr gifmakers are better than $1mil worth of marketing. I’ll see endless ads for a show and be like meh but I’ll see one good gifset and suddenly I’m on s2 ep10 finding blorbo from my gifs