#susohiki

[tanuki-kimono]

Lovely example of stage kimono: big patterns, lot of gold details, and textures (embroidery faking shibori!) are pretty tell-tale. I'd love to see the inners of this kimono to see the hakkake (hem lining) pattern as this kimono (more exactly a hikizuri) would have to be worn trailing.

it was more than probably made for the kabuki dance Fuji-musume (wisteria maiden):

[missmyloko]

Due to me making room for some new acquisitions, I've decided to sell one of my antique geiko hikizuri/susohiki. It hails from the Taisho Period (1912-1926) and it's in fantastic antique condition. If you're interested, you can check it out on my Etsy here ^^

[petite-cosette]

[amens-closet]

Turned an old picture of myself into an art piece. And if you like that art piece, you can get it on my Etsy: https://etsy.me/36Pnykh

[koikishu]

Koikishu’s Fantasy Kimono Tansu: Tomesode/ Geisha Susohiki

Motifs: Streams, Folding Fan, Bamboo, Seasonal Flowers, Chrysanthemums, Heavenly Bamboo, Cherry Blossoms, Peony, Tortoise Shell, Shou-Chiku-Bai (Pine tree, Bamboo, and Ume Blossom)

Seasonality: Seasonless

Sleeve Length: 47 cm

Background Color: HTML code ABAB6A

Source: https://www.ichiroya.com/item/list2/470970/

[dummy-kanji]

Kioto Dancing Girl by Kusakabe Kimbei 1880s por Blue Ruin 1 Por Flickr: Photograph number “55” in the catalogue of over 2,000 images by the Kusakabe Kimbei Studio of Yokohama, entitled “Kioto Dancing Girl”. This hand-coloured albumen photograph shows maiko (apprentice geisha) O-Hisa of Kyoto dressed in an elaborate dove motif kimono.

[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

[kimonoquat]

Kimono #441714 Kimono Flea Market ICHIROYA

Kimono Flea Market Ichiroya offers you the authentic and charming old kimono direct from Japan with reasonable prices just as the price of the Japanese flea markets !

Ichiroya lists this as a maiko furisode and you can tell it almost certainly was; sleeve tucks (though I can’t really make out if there are tucks at the shoulder) the heavy red staining at the lining (thanks to the red momi wrap worn under the obi) and the evidence of heavy use despite the relative age. Maiko and Geiko really put their kimono to work!