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~Kimono Life~: January 2008
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Monday, January 7, 2008. Tokyomango: http:/ www.tokyomango.com/tokyo mango/2007/12/first-white-gei.html. Japantoday: http:/ www.japantoday.com/jp/news/423498. Telegraph UK: http:/ www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml? And debito's blog: http:/ www.debito.org/index.php/? Japan’s first ever foreign geisha. For the first time in the 400 year history of the geisha, a Westerner has been accepted, and on December 19, will formally debut under the name Sayuki. Http:/ www.sayuki.net. I had made a decision to keep...
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~Kimono Life~: October 2007
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Saturday, October 13, 2007. Japan's oldest geisha turns 99. Japan's oldest geisha marks her 99th birthday. ATAMI, Shizuoka - Japan's oldest active geisha, Kokin Nee-san, celebrated her 99th birthday. Kokin has been a geisha for more than 80 years. She still practices playing the shamisen and singing kouta songs at least once a week even now, keeping her ahead of the country's 2,800 younger geisha. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Where in the World. Create your own visitor map!
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~Kimono Life~: February 2010
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Tuesday, February 9, 2010. Rags and riches by the Myoshoji. Rags and riches by the Myoshoji. Artisans down by the riverside make a clean job of preserving priceless traditions. Few writers have been able to evoke the bare beams of poverty or the lambent lives of those who endure it with more dignity than Fumiko Hayashi (1903-1951). Spotless reputations: Wataru Shimizu (left) and Yukio Kato are expert professionals in the specialist field of shimi-nuki (stain removal from kimono and delicate fabrics).
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~Kimono Life~: November 2008
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Thursday, November 27, 2008. Wa (Japanese) Africa = Wafrica. Tendhunter's Gallery - Cross-Cultural Couture - Wafrica Kimono. Wafrica is a unique cross-cultural clothing line is comprised of traditional Japanese kimonos made from African fabrics. It's the brainchild of well-traveled, Nissan car designer, Serge Mouange (born in Cameroon, raised in Paris and now lives in Tokyo). Wafrica.jp - But beware! It's unlinkable, music-in-background, browser-crashing Flashs-trosity. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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~Kimono Life~: February 2007
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Monday, February 5, 2007. Fujika is a former gei-maiko from the illustrious Gion Kobu. Her autobiography based on her blog has been published in Taiwain. Fujika is actually a renegade geisha. In the mid-1990s a maiko openly sued her geisha-mother and went independent. Fujika is a geiko who followed her into a maiko-for-hire gig. There was no follow-up on the story, but their business partnership seems to have lasted a few years until the maiko got too old to play the part. Life at Night blog.
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~Kimono Life~: January 2007
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Wednesday, January 3, 2007. Reading my tea leaves today I saw a child playing near a silhouette of a dog's head. A child means a new idea, and a dog represents a good friend. I wish now I had taken a photo, so someone else could interpret it. But I know reading tea leaves is a little like reading the contents of a toilet bowl. Looking for omens in all the wrong places. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Where in the World. Create your own visitor map! Alive in kyoto =Nils Ferry.
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~Kimono Life~: May 2007
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Thursday, May 3, 2007. Damn you, Bill Cunningham. Photographs by Bill Cunningham/The New York Times. Published: April 29, 2007. Asian-style dress adds corresponding exotic decoration to the evening.". Asia = exotic. *sigh* Why don't they just say "Oriental" if they mean Oriental? Not PC. you say? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Where in the World. Create your own visitor map! Damn you, Bill Cunningham. Alive in kyoto =Nils Ferry.
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~Kimono Life~: WA-frica
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Thursday, November 27, 2008. Wa (Japanese) Africa = Wafrica. Tendhunter's Gallery - Cross-Cultural Couture - Wafrica Kimono. Wafrica is a unique cross-cultural clothing line is comprised of traditional Japanese kimonos made from African fabrics. It's the brainchild of well-traveled, Nissan car designer, Serge Mouange (born in Cameroon, raised in Paris and now lives in Tokyo). Wafrica.jp - But beware! It's unlinkable, music-in-background, browser-crashing Flashs-trosity. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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~Kimono Life~: December 2008
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Monday, December 1, 2008. Maiko sing Gion theme in Maruyama Park. Miyagawacho maiko Toshiteru-san (16) and Toshimari-san (17) present flowers and sing. Mikihiko Nagata (1887-1964) is credited with writing the lyrics of "Gion Kouta", the Balad of Gion. The popular tune explores the seasons in Kyoto, and maiko ozashiki still perform the song, a staple at ozashiki banquets. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Where in the World. Create your own visitor map! Alive in kyoto =Nils Ferry.
