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沼津狩野川 | Kano river, Numazu city

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Before the Dawn

あっという間に数ヶ月が過ぎ、ひさしぶりの投稿となりました。

写真は一年前、夜明け前の法観寺。まだ出かけにくいご時世ではありますけど、ぼちぼちと更新していこうかと。よろしくお願いします〜🙇🏻‍♂️

📍 #京都 #法観寺 #八坂の塔 📸 #FUJIFILM #XH1 🗓 2019夏 (法観寺) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCqQppeJzVp/?igshid=51l390kojx69

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I miss Kyoto so much.

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Sunset In Kyoto | Leslie Taylor

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大原　宝泉院

Kyoto Ohara Hosenin temple

2020 6月15日

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Mizu Inari Jinja (水稲荷神) in Waseda, Tokyo. The second to last photo is sakaki (Cleyera japonica) leaves. The tree is considered sacred in Shinto.

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佛壇 (Buddha Altar)

A Butsudan is a shrine commonly found in temples and homes in Japanese Buddhist culture. It is a wooden cabinet with doors that enclose and protect a religious icon, typically a statue or painting of Buddha or a script mandala scroll. The doors are opened to display the icon during religious observances and closed before sunset. There are also platforms for offerings like candles and fruits.

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しながわ宿場まつり　花魁道中　shinagawa-shukuba-matsuri

oiran matsuri　parade

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Spring in Kagurazaka

Haruna has now officially debuted as a new Geiko in Kagurazaka, Tokyo. Her debut was already a few days ago but due to the closing of her resident ryotei for the time being, she had not been able to enjoy the pomp and circumstance of an official debut. Even the delivery of her katsura was delayed due to the current situation in Japan. Needless to say, she looks very elegant, she has a very vintage look to her, so beautiful. Even though the current state of affairs in the karyukai is rather unusual and maybe even difficult, Haruna manages to smile gracefully on her debut. It is not an easy start but i have no doubt that she has the support of her sisters and will make her own path. Congratulations to her and hopefully to a long and strong career!

Source: Kagurazaka Kumiai on Instagram

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Maiko Ichisumi and Momika of Pontocho

Kyoto, Japan

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Osaka Maiko Chiyoha 1911 por Blue Ruin 1 Por Flickr: Teruha debuted in the Shinbashi geisha district of Tokyo in 1911, but prior to that she was a maiko (apprentice geisha) by the name of Chiyoha in the Sōemon-chō geisha district of Osaka. She debuted in Osaka in 1909, after several months training as a minarai (watching apprentice), having been sold into the flower and willow world aged 12 years. To increase her commercial value, Chiyoha was dressed in the Kyoto style with a Kyōfu hairstyle and a darari obi.

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Kimono by Liza Dalby

“In the sixteenth century, the nobility ceased to be the sole source of fashion inspiration. Playgirls (asobime) – multitalented, trendy ladies who led rather public lives (sometimes glossed as ‘courtesans’) – wore their kosode belted with long tasseled silk cords. The cords, called Nogoya obi, were woven according to a style then popular in China, roped about the hips six or seven times, and tied in a looping bow.” (Dalby 37)

“Playgirls also did their hair into Chinese chignons, initiating a fashion for women to put up their hair. In previous ages, men had been the ones to oil and arrange their tresses. Women had favored long straight locks, or perhaps a simple ponytail.” (Dalby 37)

“Late Edo fashion for women was undeniably restrictive. […] Hairstyles for women had developed into the elaborate comb-studded coiffures familiar from woodblock prints. With such a coiled oiled structure on her head, a woman couldn’t even sleep freely. Finally, the practice of applying lead- and mercury-based whitening cosmetics, originally a custom limited to the noblility, had now spread into common popularity. By the nineteenth century, being fashionable was truly hazardous to a Japanese woman’s health.” (Dalby 50)