#obidome

[tanuki-kimono]

Sleek higanbana (red spider lily) themed modern outfit by Furifu.

This kimono is a modern take on the “muso” technique, a see-through tailoring which uses fine sha silk to unveil a pattern painted on the lining.

Here Furifu calls this tailoring nijuushitate (二重仕立て, lit. double tailoring), and drapes blood red higanbana under a misty over layer.

The matching obidome adds a very cool detail!

[missmyloko]

What's In a Pocchiri? Part 20

On The Second Day of Fun I present... another pocchiri! Yes, we're back with more jewelry today, so let's check out some shinies!

Image courtesy of Koan Hanare. Materials: Carnelian, Jade, Silver, and Gold Motif(s): Shore Scene Owned By: Kawayoshi (河よ志) in Miyagawa Cho Simple yet elegant, this pocchiri depicts a shore scene, likely on the Kamo River, that once must have been a common sight. A flock of five plovers flies over waves, some fishing baskets, and a rock. The plovers are carved from carnelian, a red/orange type of quartz commonly found in Asia. The fishing baskets are carefully rendered in gold and the rock is a large chunk of green jade. All of these sit upon a silver base made to look like waves. Plovers are typically found in Pontocho that backs onto the Kamo River, but as Miyagawa Cho isn't too far away and birds are often stand ins for geisha in songs, this pocchiri finds a great home at Kawayoshi! Here it is being worn by maiko Fukuya (ふく弥):

Image is courtesy of Koan Hanare.

[kimono-daisuki]

KimoNovember 2025! Managed to participate daily, and quite happy that I got to try out a number of items I rarely coordinate, and also some new colour combinations. Lessons I’ve learned: I can only coordinate a maximum of 2 outfits per day, after that I get bored 😂 Also, I have a lack of wearable red, yellow and orange in my kimono collection - will need to work on fixing that!

[maigeiko]

Pocchiri/Obidome worn by Tokyo Hangyoku Technically, Hangyoku in every of Tokyo's Geisha districts can wear Pocchiri, but not everywhere good pictures or any pictures at all are available. Those you can see here are worn by the Hangyoku of Mukojima, Asakusa, Kagurazaka, Akasaka and Hachioji. Some of them look like those we're used to from Kyoto Maiko, some look completely different! As for the Maiko working in the other Kagai: Yoshi-cho and Oi/Omori Hangyoku can wear Pocchiri too (but no good pictures are available). Opposed to that, I've never seen a Shinbashi Hangyoku wear Pocchiri. Picture sources 1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10 (?)|11|12|13 (?)|14|15 (?)|16|17 (?)|18 (no longer online)|19|20|21|22|23|24|25|26 (?)|27|28|29 (no longer online)|30|31|32|33|34|35|36+37|38 (no longer online)|39

[mollcutpurse-ln]

The obidome is an antique sword guard

[apartment315]

[houkagokappa]

My obidome arrived!!!

[vainaspaver]

Furumachi Geigi - Niigata 1920s by Blue Ruin 1