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February 2021: In preparation of Obake, Aoi-tayuu is wearing the Sakkou (先笄) hairstyle as part of a young wife costume. The rest of her costume features a skull kimono, skull haneri, and cobweb obi.
Source: https://twitter.com/ayaka8700119/status/1356446632691175425?s=20
July 2019: Aoi-tayuu, of Suehiro okiya, enjoying some mochi before she heads out to guide evening patrons during Yoiyama of Gion Masuri.
Source: https://twitter.com/ayaka8700119/status/1152024371008958464?s=20
March 2019: Aoi-tayuu, of Suehiro okiya, posing backstage while she waits for the interlude between Noh plays to perform a reading of Aoinoue (葵上, “The Lady Aoi”). Interestingly, Aoi-tayuu's myoseki (”inherited name”) is derived from the character Aoi no Ue from The Tale of Genji.
In fact, Aoi-tayuu has coordinated her kitsuke to evoke images from the story of Aoi no Ue. Her white uchikake and aigi kimono are representative of the white birthing robes common to Heian women as well as the white robes worn by the dead. Her black spider-web-sakura-petals obi is supposed to invoke the angry vengeance of Lady Rokujou no Miyasudokoro (六条御息所). Her kanzashi features a hollyhock (i.e. “aoi”) design. The dragon on the uchikake could be a reference to the Buddhist sutras used to perform the exorcism. Even her choice to wear the Tsubushi Shimada hairstyle is symbolic due to its purple ribbon. Purple was a color of privilege and status for Lady Rokujou no Miyasudokoro (六条御息所), as she was born a Heian princess.
Source: https://twitter.com/ayaka8700119/status/1108655945410699264?s=20
March 2019: Aoi-tayuu, of Suehiro okiya, posing backstage while she waits for the interlude between Noh plays to perform a reading of Aoinoue (葵上, “The Lady Aoi”). Interestingly, Aoi-tayuu's myoseki (”inherited name”) is derived from the character Aoi no Ue from The Tale of Genji.
In fact, Aoi-tayuu has coordinated her kitsuke to evoke images from the story of Aoi no Ue. Her white uchikake and aigi kimono are representative of the white birthing robes common to Heian women as well as the white robes worn by the dead. Her black spider-web-sakura-petals obi is supposed to invoke the angry vengeance of Lady Rokujou no Miyasudokoro (六条御息所). Her kanzashi features a hollyhock (i.e. “aoi”) design. The dragon on the uchikake could be a reference to the Buddhist sutras used to perform the exorcism. Even her choice to wear the Tsubushi Shimada hairstyle is symbolic due to its purple ribbon. Purple was a color of privilege and status for Lady Rokujou no Miyasudokoro (六条御息所), as she was born a Heian princess.
Source: https://twitter.com/ayaka8700119/status/1108655945410699264?s=20
March 2019: Aoi-tayuu, of Suehiro okiya, posing backstage while she waits for the interlude between Noh plays to perform a reading of Aoinoue (葵上, “The Lady Aoi”). Interestingly, Aoi-tayuu's myoseki (”inherited name”) is derived from the character Aoi no Ue from The Tale of Genji.
In fact, Aoi-tayuu has coordinated her kitsuke to evoke images from the story of Aoi no Ue. Her white uchikake and aigi kimono are representative of the white birthing robes common to Heian women as well as the white robes worn by the dead. Her black spider-web-sakura-petals obi is supposed to invoke the angry vengeance of Lady Rokujou no Miyasudokoro (六条御息所). Her kanzashi features a hollyhock (i.e. “aoi”) design. The dragon on the uchikake could be a reference to the Buddhist sutras used to perform the exorcism. Even her choice to wear the Tsubushi Shimada hairstyle is symbolic due to its purple ribbon. Purple was a color of privilege and status for Lady Rokujou no Miyasudokoro (六条御息所), as she was born a Heian princess.
Source: https://twitter.com/ayaka8700119/status/1108655945410699264?s=20
March 2019: Aoi-tayuu, of Suehiro okiya, posing backstage while she waits for the interlude between Noh plays to perform a reading of Aoinoue (葵上, “The Lady Aoi”). Interestingly, Aoi-tayuu's myoseki (”inherited name”) is derived from the character Aoi no Ue from The Tale of Genji.
In fact, Aoi-tayuu has coordinated her kitsuke to evoke images from the story of Aoi no Ue. Her white uchikake and aigi kimono are representative of the white birthing robes common to Heian women as well as the white robes worn by the dead. Her black spider-web-sakura-petals obi is supposed to invoke the angry vengeance of Lady Rokujou no Miyasudokoro (六条御息所). Her kanzashi features a hollyhock (i.e. “aoi”) design. The dragon on the uchikake could be a reference to the Buddhist sutras used to perform the exorcism. Even her choice to wear the Tsubushi Shimada hairstyle is symbolic due to its purple ribbon. Purple was a color of privilege and status for Lady Rokujou no Miyasudokoro (六条御息所), as she was born a Heian princess.
Source: https://twitter.com/ayaka8700119/status/1108658936406642690?s=20
