The Kimono Gallery

Vintage & antique kimonos from Japan.

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Red corridor at Tsuruoka Hachiman-gu shrine, Kamakura, Japan鶴岡八幡宮　鎌倉.  Photography by m-shima on Ganref

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Artist: Yoshida Hiroshi Title: Kumoi Cherry Trees (Kumoi sakura) Date: 1926 Medium: Color woodblock print Credit Line: Bruce Goff Archive, gift of Shin'enkan, Inc.

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TANAKA Ryōhei（田中良平 Japanese, 1933-2019）

Mountain Hamlet No. 1  1992  Copperplate etching with aquatint  17x22 inch  via  more

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Mastering Kendo by John Magas on Flickr.

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Water Dragon by Brian Farrell on Flickr.

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“Miko - Japanese shrine maiden.” Hand-colored photo, 1880’s, Japan. Photographer Kusakabe Kimbei.. Image via noel45 of Flickr

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“Fixing a Geisha’s Hair. 1900, Japan.  This is a photographic postcard of a hairdresser performing the finishing touches to Geisha’s hair.”  Text and image via Blue Ruin 1 of Flickr

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Hiroshima, Japan.  

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Maiko Mamehana with Sakko. Kyoto, Japan.  Text and photography by John Paul Foster.  Published by John Paul Foster  on October 27, 2013 on www.johnpaulfoster.com

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京都・青蓮院門跡

今年もそろそろ華道・未生流笹岡の展覧会が開かれる青蓮院門跡。

一昨年、何気なく青蓮院の前を通ったら展覧会をやってたので、生け花にはまったく興味がないけど、いろんなもの見て人生の肥やしにしようと入ったら、場違いともいえそうな高貴な雰囲気に圧倒された。 

流石、門跡寺院。

今年の秋の連休は、どうしても今やらなきゃならないことがあるし、ニューコロナもあるし、来年車を買い替えるので無駄使いはできないので多分どこにも行けない。

日帰りで、近くの温泉にでも行けたらいいな。

兎に角、今年はいろいろ我慢だ。

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The site of the Shoren-in Gate in Kyoto

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The river, Takaragawa Onsen, Japan,  by jeremiah 

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An Enamelled Dish Edo period (late 17th century), Japan With foliate rim, decorated in underglaze blue, iron-red, aubergine, green and yellow enamels, with kiriagainst hexagonal pattern containing stylised flowers and plants, the reverse with cherry blossoms on a stream, radish mark and eight spur marks to the reverse 28.5cm. diam.  Christies

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Miyajidake shrine by Yama Tomo on Flickr.

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Tsukioka of the Kagaya.  Ukiyo-e woodblock print.  About 1800,  Japan.  Artist Utagawa Toyokuni I

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A BLUEAND WHITE LACED DOMARU GUSOKU [ARMOUR] THE HELMET SIGNED NOBUIE, MOMOYAMA - EDO PERIOD (16th - 17th CENTURY), Japan   Christies

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Bridge at the Castle (by camillaskye)

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She was one of seven “Komachi” girls, who take the flower of “Rhododendron” that is very famous and main source around this area.  Komachi festival, Akita, Japan.  Text and photography by Takero Kawabata on Trekearth.com