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TakaWiki is currently (6:35 PM EST Sept. 6, 2022) down. Seems to be a VPS problem with our host. You can follow their updates here: https://www.dreamhoststatus.com/

DONE! As of August 29th, we’ve raised enough money. Thank you all!

It’s that time again! Believe it or not, it’s been over 3 years since we last put out the hat to collect donations.

We're running low once more, so it's time to collect donations to keep us going for 3 more years. Current server fees are $30 a month, so I'd like to collect $1,080, enough to keep us going for 3 more years. Any small amount will help! If each user donates $5, that would get us to our goal!

A lovely bunch of vintage Takarazuka postcards I was lucky enough to get several months ago. Most are from a 1918 performance, including actresses from the first several classes of Takarazuka actresses. One from a 1927 Snow Troupe show, and one from “Turandot”, performed by a couple of troupes in 1934 with the same main cast. Check the image captions for more info.

"The Tale of Enoshima" (1918): Shinohara Asaji, Kumoi Namiko, and Ogura Miyuki

"Tanabata Dance" (1918): Ooe Fumiko as the Weaver and Takasago Matsuko as Suusei

"Cleopatra" (1918): Shinohara Asaji as Cleopatra, Ogura Miyuki as Charmian, and Takigawa Sueko as Iris

"The Battle Between Monkey and Crab" (1918): Okino Ishiko as Chestnut, Takahama Kikuko as Egg, Ogawa Natsuko as Elephant, Arima Ineko as Monkey, and Takigawa Sueko as Mortar

"Cherry Blossoms on the Way West" (1927 - Snow Troupe): Mikaki Etsuko as a Lady in Waiting

My friend Clo is selling off chunk of her collection. Definitely check it out!

You can see it here on LJ https://takarazuka.livejournal.com/594771.html

Or here on the TakaWiki https://www.takawiki.com/tiki-view_forum_thread.php?comments_parentId=3878

Thanks to many requests here in the blog, on Tumblr, and on Twitter, we have some quiz games headed your way!