Sep 22, 2025
Empress Teishi from Sunao Katabuchi's upcoming film, The Mourning Children: Nagiko and the Girls Wearing Tsurubami Black.
When I first saw her picture, I assumed that it was Sei Shonagan dressed in fancy clothes but it was actually the lady she was waiting for!
For context, Katabuchi is going to hold an exhibition at the Tokyo National Museum where he'll go over the clothing and research materials they're using for the film. You can read about it and see my reference photo here ->
劇場アニメーション「つるばみ色のなぎ子たち」を制作中の片渕須直監督による講演会が、11月3日に東京国立博物館の平成館1階大講堂で開催される。
#I dont understand Heian clothing at allll#i thought it was just layers of robes but theres like a train and a jacket#and ive no idea what which part of the train the string is attached to#when the article said sadako i was like. is there someone with that name?#(showing my lack of historical knowledge)#the Mourning Children: Nagiko and the Girls Wearing Tsurubami Black#Mourning Children: Nagiko and the Girls Wearing Tsurubami Black#Mourning Children#I also used the lady clothing diagram in the pillow book (McKinney) as ref but its more for noble ladies and not something of Teishi's rank#Katabuchi#heian era#Heian clothing#heian#wafuku#ltower.txt#ltower arts#pillow book#wafuku art
