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Kimono scans: Popteen 2/2011 issue

2012-02-18T08:00:00.024-08:00

3 lovely Susohiki

2012-02-14T13:16:00.000-08:00

... were listed today on Ichiroya´s page. I hope you like them, too ♥

Motive: shou-chiku-bai (pine-tree, bamboo and plum blossom)
Length: 173 cm
Price: 500 $

http://www.ichiroya.com/item/list2/211856/

Motive: shiba (grass), matsu (pine), sasa-rindou (bamboo gentian)
Length: 181.5 cm
Price: 150 $

http://www.ichiroya.com/item/list2/211862/

Motive: tsuru (crane), ocean waves
Length: 195 cm
Price: 300 $

http://www.ichiroya.com/item/list2/211857/

Beautiful bride´s furisode

2012-02-06T13:23:00.000-08:00

... were listed today on Ichiroya´s page. They are all so colorful and the design is amazing. I had to share them ♥

Motive: butterflies on pastel colors
Length: 180.5 cm
Price: 300 $

http://www.ichiroya.com/item/list2/211333/

Motive: Mandarin ducks on stream, cherry blossom
Length: 184 cm
Price: 120 $

http://www.ichiroya.com/item/list2/211335/

Motive: Butterflies
Length: 185 cm
Price: 200 $

http://www.ichiroya.com/item/list2/211394/

Motive: Peonies and butterflies
Length: 184 cm
Price: 180 $

http://www.ichiroya.com/item/list2/211395/

Obi scans from Utsukushii Kimono magazine

2012-02-04T15:25:00.000-08:00

Four fantastic Geisha hikizuri

2012-02-02T14:21:00.000-08:00

... were listed today on Ichiroya. For all people who are collecting Geisha and Maiko goods and have enough money - that´s you chance ♥

Motive: Genjiko and waves
Length: 202 cm
Price: 700 $

http://www.ichiroya.com/item/list2/211207/

Motive: Shiba (grass)
Textile: Ro, Hitoe
Length: 202 cm
Price: 600 $

http://www.ichiroya.com/item/list2/211208/

Motive: Mandarin ducks on flowing water
Textile: Ro, Hitoe
Lenght: 199 cm
Price: 800 $

http://www.ichiroya.com/item/list2/211209/

Motive: Willow and flowing water
Textile: Hitoe
Length: 184 cm
Price: 900 $

http://www.ichiroya.com/item/list2/211210/

Of course you can find many more beautiful hikis on Ichiroya´s page. Just search for "Susohiki". Happy shopping =3

Kimono scans: Popteen 2/2010 issue

2012-02-01T15:12:00.000-08:00

Behind the scenes: Cover shooting for Popteen 2/2012 issue

2012-01-30T17:18:00.000-08:00

I found a very nice cover shooting video for the current Popteen issue:

The girls are wearing cute Furisode.
I hope you all enjoy watching this video like me

Kimono scans: Popteen 2/2012 issue

2012-01-27T07:08:00.000-08:00

The total of my current kimono collection

2012-01-25T15:12:00.000-08:00

I found a very interesting thread at the IG Forum with the titel:
How many Kimono + Everything else? Do you have?

Here is my result after collecting since November 2010.
I think it is really not too bad =3

Obijime and Obiage II

2012-01-16T14:09:00.000-08:00

Moooore Obijime ... the Ebay.Store Japanese.antiques has sometimes very nice sets with different Obijime for a very good price. Here are 2
I got a while ago:

... and last but not least a white Obiage for my Kuro-Tomesode =D

... with yanagi (willow) and unknown flower

ぼたんがとても好きです。 I like peonies very much.

2012-01-13T12:25:00.000-08:00

Yesterday arrived my new and 10th kimono - yay! =D Peonies are beside maple one of my absolute favourite motive. And then 2 or 3
days before christmas I saw this beautiful Tsukesage on Ebay:

(click on the pictures to get the original size)

Measurements

Full length (from bottom till under the collar): 163 cm
Sleeve length: 47 cm
Span width: 135 cm

Motive: botan (peony)

~*~

It is a pale purple and the silk is heavy, very shiny and so soft. I mean
I wanted another Tsukesage since ages and this was the perfect change for me to get such a beautiful and wearable Tsukesage for a good price. Since mid November I bought no new Kimono stuff because I needed the money for christmas presents. I decided to buy this Kimono as a christmas present to myself ♥

But the best of all is that I have finally a Kimono which suits this lovely Tsuke-Obi:

明けましておめでとうございます ~ Happy new year ~ Frohes neues Jahr ~

2011-12-31T14:46:00.001-08:00

... to all my readers. I hope that you all have a good start into 2012, the year of the dragon in Japan. ♥

Greetings,
Laura

Han-eri and date-eri

2011-12-25T16:15:00.000-08:00

My current han-eri and date-eri collection ~

Chirimen silk vintage han-eri

left one:
deep purple Han-Eri with higaki (basket weave)

right one:
beige Han-Eri with shippou (interlocking circles) surrounded by kumihimo (cords)

~*~

The color is different from the picture. The right one is not pale-pink
it is an orange color. More like this:

~*~

This light green han-eri was my first eri ever ♥

Obi with water motives

2011-12-16T14:43:00.000-08:00

Water motives are one of my favourite designs related to Obi.
I have already showed you one here and now 2 more:

Type: Rokutsuu Fukuro Obi
Motive: Ryusui (flowing water)

It´s very shimmery ♥

~*~

Type: Ro Fukuro Obi
Motive: Ryusui (flowing water)

Zori and bags

2011-12-06T14:23:00.000-08:00

Hello to all readers! ♥

Today I wanna show you my current kimono shoes (zori) and bags.
It´s pretty difficult for me to find zori in my size - I need 24 cm.
But the Ebay store ryu.japan has sometimes also shoes in this size
and even bigger (24.5 cm, 25 cm e.g.). And so I won this nice zori
with the matching bag:

(click on the pic to get the original size)

Color: orange-gold

Inside the bag was also a little mirror ~ This set suits 3 of my Kuros and my Furisode.

~*~

A short while ago I won this cute more formal zori:

They are 23.5 cm long. I wanted to give this size a try and it is possible. But first it was a lil bit painful to wear them ´cause my feet are more wide and the frontpart of this zori is a bit too small for me. Though I just have to break in them more. Well, the best is that they suit most of my stuff =D I hope that I will get silver zori in 24 cm oneday ...

~*~

And last but not least another bag. This bag was one of my first
kimono items:

This bag is orange, too with kiku (chrysanthemum)
on ryusui (flowing water) ~

More Kuro-Tomesode

2011-12-04T14:21:00.000-08:00

I am very addicted to Kuro-Tomesode, I am not married, but I love black and elegant designs. Well, I want to show you 2 more Kuros ~

(click on the pic to get the original size)

Measurements

Full length (from bottom till under the collar): 158 cm
Sleeve length: 49 cm
Span width: 123 cm

Motive: kiku (chrysanthemum), momiji (maple), ayame (iris), ume (plum blossom), kikyo (bellflower), sasa (bamboo), fuji (wisteria), seigaiha (semicircular repeated wave), shippou (interlocking circles), kikkou (hexagonal, honeycomb tortoiseshell) and botan (peony) on noshi (paper strips) surrounded by kumihimo (cords)

The peonies on this kimono are heavy embroidered so they are very soft - peonies are one of my fav kimono motives ♥

~*~

(click on the pic to get the original size)

Measurements

Full length (from bottom till under the collar): 158 cm
Sleeve length: 47 cm
Span width: 123 cm

Motive: houou (phoenix), momiji (maple), botan (peony), kasamatsu (dense pine branch, 'mushroom' shaped), ume (plum blossom), hagi (bush clover) and kiku (chrysanthemum)

This is my mothers favourite one =D

Taishou Kuro-Tomesode and Taishou Maru Obi

2011-11-23T14:43:00.000-08:00

I was so happy to get this stunning Taishou era Kuro-Tomesode through a private kimono sale - for a good price. I call this Kimono black beauty =)

(click on the pic to get the original size)

Measurements

Full length (from bottom till under the collar): 155 cm
Sleeve length: 63 cm
Span width: 125 cm

Motive: senmen (paper centres of folding fans), gosho guruma (royal cart), momiji (maple), kiku (chrysanthemum), shippou (interlocking circles), kikkou (hexagonal, honeycomb tortoiseshell), eda-ume (plum on the branch) and maru mon (large designs in circles)

It´s having the typical longer sleeves and the lining is red.

~*~

Fortunately I found after a short while a Taishou Maru Obi which
suits this Kimono very well - also here the price was not too high.

(click on the pic to get the original size)

Motive: ougi (folding fan), ume (plum blossom), aranami (wild wave), kiku (chrysanthemum) and more ...

It was not uncommon to this time, I mean Taishou era, to wear Maru Obi with Kuro-Tomesode.

Rokutsuu Fukuro Obi I

2011-11-20T16:23:00.000-08:00

This Obi was my 2nd one and I bought it for my Furisode

(click on the pic to get the original size)

Motive: kin chou (golden butterfly), senmen (paper centres of folding fans) on kikkou (hexagonal, honeycomb tortoiseshell)

Obijime and Obiage I

2011-11-17T15:04:00.000-08:00

After I got my first Kimono and Obi I had to buy Obijime and Obiage
of course. Found a nice greenish set:

that´s a shibori obiage

(click on the pic to get the real size)

I am so addicted to green related to kimono things ♥

Chuburisode and Nagajuban

2011-11-16T15:44:00.000-08:00

My chuburisode, it´s made out of synthetic - so I could wash it,
got it from a kimono-blog sale

(click on the pic to get the real size)

Measurements

Full length (from bottom till under the collar): 160 cm
Sleeve length: 94 cm
Span width: 124 cm

Motive: ougi (folding fan), maru mon (large designs in circles), chou (butterfly), kiku (chrysanthemum), botan (peony), momiji (maple),
fuji (wisteria), kiri (paulownia), kikyo (bellflower), himawari (sunflower), tachibana (mandarin orange), kasumi (misty cloud),
ran (orchid with long, narrow spike shaped petals), matsu (pine) and eda-ume (plum on the branch)

It was not so easy for me to find a Juban with a similar sleeve length, but fortunately after a long time I found one:

Motive: sayagata (interlocked greek key/swastika) and honmon design (sayagata pattern inlaid with flowers)

Fukuro Obi I

2011-11-15T15:02:00.000-08:00

The first Fukuro Obi I bought ... and the first thing ever I bought from abroad

(click on the pic to get the real size)

Motive: kanzemizu (whirlpool)

After I got my first Kimono I wanted to buy an Obi for it so badly.
Well, I was really unsure about the motive because the pattern on the Kimono is very "flashy". I decided to look after something "elegant" or not much patterned. I think that I made a good decision on this Obi.

Tsukesage Kimono and Nagajuban

2011-11-15T08:02:00.000-08:00

This Tsukesage Kimono was my first Kimono. I got it from a private sale ...

(click on the pic to get a better size)

Measurements

Full length (from bottom till under the collar): 156 cm
Sleeve length: 47 cm
Span width: 128 cm

Motive: cattleya (orchid)

... together with a cute Nagajuban:

It´s a shame that I have only one "normal" Juban (I have also one for my Furisode) - I really need more ...

Welcome to my blog Kimono Momiji

2011-11-13T15:13:00.000-08:00

Hello dear readers,

my name is Laura (22), living in Germany and this is my welcome post to you. It is the first time that I have a blog where I will write all in English. I hope that my English is not too bad ...

My interest for the japanese culture started many years ago through Anime and Manga. When I was 15/16 years old I discovered japanese rock musik - I am still listening to it.

Because of the music I came to the language which I am learning now for 2-3 years. Nowadays I am mainly interested into the old traditional art and literature of Japan and I also want to studie "Japanese studies" and "Art history of East Asia" at the university.

But how I came to Kimono and Kitsuke?

Friends of my mother knew that I am so interested into Japan and one day they gave me the biography of Mineko Iwasaki as a gift. To this time I already knew some things about Geisha but not that much like today. If you have already read her book you will know that there are pictures of her in it. So I saw that pic of her wearing this fantastic hikizuri and it was love at the first sight:

Until today I love green related to kimono things and white is just a very elegant color. Thereupon I started to search after more informations about Geisha and Maiko and Kimono, too. I came to the nice german page called Hanamachi.de and learned many things.

Then I found the ImmortalGeisha-Forum. Of course I dreamed about having my own Kimono for a long, long time but the money was to this time always a big problem for me ... After my registration I made new friends, also german kimono-lovers are there. This Forum is really a good place to learn many things about the Geisha and Kimono world.

Last year two german members from this Forum started a private kimono-sale. Fortunately I saw a nice and really cheap Tsukesage kimono and Nagajuban which fit me - so I finally got my first Kimono.
I was so happy ~

A short while after this I discovered good ebay-shops *haha* and many nice online-shops which sell great kimono stuff. My collection is growing and growing, it will never end ...

I am really happy about the fact that there are more and more people out there who love Kimono and Kitsuke and that we can chat together through Facebook, Flickr, Forums and Blogs. I planned to make this blog a long time ago - so I hope that you all will enjoy it and have fun.

Of course I want to share my collection and many informations about Kimono and Kitsuke. If you have further questions just fell free to ask.

Thanks for reading this entry, Laura ~

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