The Kimono Gallery

Taiko drumming.  In 1971  Sado Ondekoza, a drummers troupe started as part of a movement to revive the culture of the region. But the members were young people coming from all over Japan failed to establish a good relationship with local residents. In 1981 they made a new start as Kodo, then in 1988 the group open the Kodo village and gradually Kodo members and islanders learned to work together more closely.  Image via Pinterest

Kohatsu (小初) was one of the ‘Shinbashi Septet’ (新橋七人組), a group of seven top-class geigi (geisha) in the Shinbashi geisha district of Tokyo during the Meiji period, along with Eiryō I (栄龍), Oimatsu (老松), Komomo (小桃), Kazuko (和子), Sayoko (さよ子), and O-En (おえん). Text and image via Blue Ruin 1 on Flickr

A Two-Fold Screen Edo period (18th century), Japan Ink, colour and gold on paper, with a group of young men on a veranda listening to music played by a man with a kokyu [Japanese stringed instrument] and a boy with bosasara [bamboo güiro] beneath a weeping cherry tree 171.2 x 188cm.  Christies

Jewel obidome Photo: Atsushi Nakamura (Studio KJ) 

A Seven-Case Inro Signed Kajikawa saku and a red pot seal, Edo period (18th century), Japan Decorated in gold, silver and red hiramaki-e, takamaki-e. togidashi-e and nashiji and inlaid in mother-of-pearl and red lacquer, with a Chinese dragon ship on white-crested waves, dense nashiji interiors, fundame rims 9.3cm. high.  Christies

Kimono detail. uchinopotemayo

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“Maiko” (1930) by Kaburagi Kiyokata. Memorial Museum of Art

Ivory netsuke modelled as a crane. Early 19th century. Height: 5.4 cm. The bird elegantly sweeps its long neck around to meet its leg, forming a flattened circular-shaped netsuke. 

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Hitachi Seaside Park, Ibaraki, Japan

Gate of Hell 1953 by Blue Ruin1 on Flickr.

circa 1900, Japan. Many wealthy Japanese wore Western fashion during the Meiji period (1868-1912), at a time when most Japanese women retained the daily use of the kimono. 

by artist miki katoh

Yuza, Yamagata, Japan.  Photography by Morikei on 500px.  Image via Pinterest

At the Fushimi Inari Shrine in Kyoto

Masahiro Kondo From “Kyoto”