The Kimono Gallery

Yoroikizomeshiki event at Kamigamo shrine, Kyoto, Japan 鎧着初　上賀茂神社.  These boys are re-enacting samurai warriors of a bygone era.  Image via Kumi Ito on Pinterest

Preparatory drawing (hanshita-e) for an illustrated book, mounted on card. Taifengshan generating the life force of heaven and earth. Ink on paper. Painted by: Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎), 1829 © The Trustees of the British Museum.

Japan, 1958.  

Toyooka of the Maru-Ebiya. Ukiyo-e woodblock print.  About 1800,  Japan.  Artist Utagawa Toyokuni I

Rakan.  [wiki]: Otagi Nenbutsu-ji is a Buddhist temple in the  Arashiyama neighborhood of Kyoto, Japan. Inside the temple are more than 1200 rakan, stone statues representing the disciples of Buddha. The sculptures were donated in 1981 in honor of the refurbishment of the temple. Most were carved by amateurs, taught by sculptor Kocho Nishimura.  Photography by Stephane Barbery on Flickr

Dali kimono

Beauty by Ikeda Terukata（1883-1921）

Showa 5 (1930), performance of Matsuazasasai Tenka Ichiza in Shintenchi, Osaka “High-voltage current large magnet” (repost). The content is a strange magic that the girl in the center shortcut attaches a knife that looks like a male genitalia, the man next to it applies a high voltage current, the knife discharges the girls’ rods and the annular light bulb comes on.Text and images by and via  Old Picture 1900

Exhibition:59th East Japan Traditional Craft Exhibition

“Furisodekara ” is a furisode collection born from “ KAPUKI ”, a kimono shop in Nakameguro, Tokyo .

Women, many in kimonos,  walking in the upscale Tokyo district of Ginza in 1933.

“Edo Famous Dengeki Juroku Prince Fox Fire” by Hirokage Utagawa. 19th century

Title: illusion Title: GENEI Location: Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo - Nezu Shrine Year: 2013 year painting materials: Watson paper, gouache Painting Material: Watson Paper, Gouache Size: 324Mm × 248Mm

Auspicious Treasure-ship-pattern kosode.  Kosode images were borrowed from Matsuzakaya Kyoto dyeing and weaving reference museum documents.  This kosode/kimono dates to the 18th century.

“Furisodekara ” is a furisode collection born from “ KAPUKI ”, a kimono shop in Nakameguro, Tokyo .

Preparatory drawing (hanshita-e) for an illustrated book, mounted on card. Inhabitants of the Land of Tall People, Land of Short People and Land of Long-armed People. Ink on paper. Painted by: Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎), 1829 © The Trustees of the British Museum.

17th century kosode/kimono.  Tokyo National Museum