#obiage

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For sale: white kimono accessories

For sale on Ebay

Some vintage white kimono accessories.

- White shibori obiage with gold threads. Cloud motif on rhombuses. One tiny mark near a cloud. Probably silk but I have not done a burn test. Can be worn with kimono that are not formal kurotomesode outfits, too. "Remake" usually means keeping obiage as they are, hems the ends, and wears them as elegent scarves.

- Vintage cotton handkerchief with embroidered cranes and bamboo. I think this one is from the 70s and was packed away, never really used. Machine embroidery. 

- Vintage fan with black lacquer and paper, featuring cranes, an auspicious wedding symbol. Of course, this fan can be worn with typical kimono outfits, since most of the time no one is going to open it. And Americans won't notice at all, most likely. It's just a pretty Japanese fan. <3

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New items arrived!

The box says "kuro no irodori" 'black hues'. Plant-dyed in Saga.

"For summer use" - don't tell me what to do, lol.

A black silk obiage and obijime. The obiage is made of tango crepe silk pongee fabric with cool touch and the obijime is hand-woven.

I got these for a mere €20 from Vinted, which is a pretty good price.

These are items of a traditional summer mourning ensemble, usually worn with crested plain black or dull coloured kimono and black obi, however, modern dressing allows for thinking outside the box, so let's see what I can use them for.

[kimono-daisuki]

Fulfilled a lifelong dream of being professionally dressed in formal kimono in Japan for an event!

I learned loads of kitsuke tips - definitely worth paying money for them to sew on the haneri and preparing the kasane’eri to see how the professionals do it!

Also very happy with how the coordinate turned out - everything came together really well! Worth the months of finding different pieces to go together - but actually quite a few of the main pieces (obi, obiage, kasane eri) were from my existing collection.

Congratulations on the successful completion of the event!!

[tanuki-kimono]

Eerie obiage by designed by JavaSparrow, depicting the deaded Ushi no koku (hour of the Ox).

This obiage is a perfect accessory for Japan spooky season as the hour of the Ox (around 2am) is Japanese equivalent of Western “witching hour”, where you could encounter ghost or monsters, but also where bad deeds such as curses and others mischiefs/crimes were thought to be done.

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Furumachi Geigi - Niigata 1920s by Blue Ruin 1

[geimei]

May 2019: Maiko Kanako (Kawahisa Okiya) of Miyagawacho throwing the first pitch during a baseball game at the Koshei Stadium.

It’s a tradition for a Maiko or Geiko from Miyagawacho to throw the first pitch during a Hanshin Tigers baseball game once a year! Last year, now retired Geiko Kimihiro was chosen to do it.

Don’t get confused by Kanako’s kanzashi by the way: She’s wearing her January kanzashi because it features lucky motifs and a small Hanshin Tigers flag is pinned to it!

Baseball is one of the most popular sports in Japan, alongside Sumo, Judo and soccer. They have a unique tradition when it comes to throwing first pitches: The batter is supposed to swing and miss the ball on purpose!

Source: Spoon & Tamago on Instagram

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