#tomitsuyu

[tsuyueigokagai]

The Tomikiku sisters~

From left to right, geiko Tomitsuyu-san, Minarai (now freshly debuted maiko) Tomihoshi-san, maiko Tomichie-san, and the most senior of the bunch, geiko Tomitae-san ^^

Photo by Gion_Higashi on Instagram. You can find the original image along with others here

[geimei]

February 2019: Geiko Tomitsuyu (Tomikiku Okiya) of Gion Higashi having her hair combed into shape by her older sister Geiko Tomitae.

Although Geiko wear wigs called katsura in the geiko shimada hairstyle and don’t style their own hair anymore like Maiko do, they still need to be handled with utmost care!

A katsura is worth several thousand dollars because it is made of real human hair and made by skilled artisans to fit the shape of each Geiko’s head perfectly, so that they look like real hair.

Source: Robin Yong on Instagram

[taisakuraokiya-blog]

กรกฎาคม 2559: ไมโกะ Tomitsuyu, เกโกะ Tomitae (โอกิยะ Tomikiku), และไมโกะ Kanohiro (โอกิยะ Kanoya) จากเขต Gion Higashi กำลังร่ายรำในงานเทศกาล Gion (祇園祭: Gion Matsuri) ที่ศาลเจ้า Yasaka

Source: @junichiro__t on Twitter

[karyukai-is-life]

March 23rd, 2019: Super famous geiko Tomitsuyu (富津愈) of Tomikiku okiya in Gion Higashi poses in front of a screen.

Photo by Futoshi Yoshida.

[oiran-geisha]

Tomitsuyu’s timeline:

1/2013, misedashi, (Source)

2/2013, first-year, (Source)

3/2014, second-year, (Source)

4/2015, third-year, (Source)

5/2016, fourth-year, (Source)

6/2017, fifth-year, (Source)

7/2017, sakkou, (Source)

8/2018, erikae, (Source)

9/2018, as geiko, (Source)

[philcouture]

Maiko Tomitsuyu with my painting of her philcouture.com

[kanzashi-yume]

Today I received the most amazing letter in my mailbox. The owl kanzashi that I recently posted was for maiko Tomitsuyu from Gion Higashi. She is one of my favourites and when I read that she loves Harry Potter I couldn't help myself and wanted to give her something that could bring a smile to her face 😊 I am the happiest person at the moment to receive a letter back from her. She is the sweetest geiko and I admire her skills and hard work. I didn't feel confident writing in Japanese, but I know that she has been studying in New Zealand so I decided to use English. Her letter was also in English and I must say there is no limit to her talents. Her handwriting is beautiful and she writes so well! 💖 Next time I go to Japan I want to see her dancing again and I hope her career will go very well. I wish her all the best for her geiko career! #kanzashi #tsumamizaiku #Japan #instacraft #hair #KanzashiYume #簪 #髪飾り #着物 #舞妓 #つまみ細工 #ハンドメイド #手作り #先笄 #衿替え #襟替え #富津愈 #Tomitsuyu #Gion #祇園東 #京都 #花街 #花町 #芸妓 #芸舞妓

[missmyloko]

Another Date Correction

For the record, I don’t know why some dates change by days or even a week after they were announced, but it’s just something that happens.  Tomitsuyu’s erikae will be on May 28th and not May 22nd. This is the new date that she was telling everyone at the Kanki Inari Shrine Festival over the past few days, so we have to assume that this is the concrete date. I don’t know why she told people a different date in February during Setsubun, although it’s possible that she did not have the final date from her okasan (or maybe her okasan changed it closer to the date).