大和撫子

Kaga-Yuzen Dyeing Furisode by Hiroshi Mizuno

This amazing commission was done by Eeriah.

Crisp late spring antique outfit, pairing a luscious obi with what could be embroidered tsutsuji (azalea - I am not certain), with a fresh kimono showing ayame (iris) over hazy stripes ground

‘View of Kyoto’ from the series 'Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road’ - Utagawa Kunisada, 1838.

by  nakinavy

Plate with map design, Unknown Japanese, Date Unknown, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Japanese and Korean Art

plate with crude map of Japan with mountain ranges, roads, and rivers noted; scalloped wave designs surrounding Size: 1 ¼ × 8 ½ × 8 ¾ in. (3.18 × 21.59 × 22.23 cm) Medium: Porcelain with blue glaze

https://collections.artsmia.org/art/122746/

Memorial Portrait of Iwai Hanshirō VI, Utagawa Sadafusa, 1836, 4th month, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Japanese and Korean Art

standing fremale figure, wearing a blue kimono with white floral medillions and a brown and white geometric patterned obi Size: 13 ¾ × 9 ¾ in. (34.93 × 24.77 cm) (image, sheet, vertical ōban) Medium: Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

https://collections.artsmia.org/art/90211/

-@lipikkawrites

3. March 2024: Two new Maiko debuted in Yuzawa yesterday! Their names are Shizuno (first picture either 史津乃 or just with Hiragana しづの), and Fumika (風實華). According to Shizuno's facebook page, she is working for the Yunohana Geigi since September 2023. Shizuno's Kuromontsuki has a nutterflies, pine and bamboo motif. Fumika's has plum and cherry blossoms (wish there were pictures to see their Hikizuri better...). Congratulations to your debuts, Shizuno and Fumika!

New Geigi in Kamisuwa Onsen: on First March 2024, Miyoharu (美代遥) debuted in Kamisuwa Onsen, Ote Kenban (大手見番). The first new Geigi in a very long time. Ote Kenban had suspended its activities in the past, but with the debut of the new Geigi, picked up business again. Good to see that the Hanamachi Culture in Kamisuwa has been revitalised! I'll update this post with more infos as I find them.

The Moon Window by Wolfgang Wiggers

<br /><i>Via Flickr:</i> <br />Small handcolored albumen print. Japan, ca. 1900.

Unidentified Photographer.

2016 芸妓 宮川町 とし真菜さん 二条陣屋にて [総天然色版]

2016 geiko, miyagawacho, Toshimasa at Nijo jin-ya [Fullcolor ver]