I have never seen this type of performance...How deep kimono world is... but it is interesting!
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- Shino
- Thank you for your interests on kimono. Kimono is magic. It is quite comfortable to wear, and tells you lots of historical secrets why kimono have been worn over a thousand years. Sadly, kimono wearers become minority recently, so you can be a special person if you wear kimono. Now I am offering kimono wearing lesson in English on request bases. If you would like to join, please contact shinokimono at gmail. With just three times lessons, I will make you to be able to wear kimono (if you practice at your home hard). Anyhow, the lesson is really fun and good exercise. Please join my kimono club!
My favorite kimono magazine Nanao's English version
a selection of the best articles from Japanese kimono magazine
PHOTO BOOK:Kimono for these 90 years
Kimono photos on Japanese Housewife Magazine from the first to the last issue. (1917-2007)
Kimono History BOOK:Marriage in Edo
This book introduces how every class of Japanese in Edo era carried their wedding ceremony by texts and some illustrations (not so many and they are monochrome). The most interesting to me was Edo wedding was carried at night. This is the reason of Japanese traditional bride wear all in white!
PHOTO BOOK: Shigeko Ikeda Collection, Haneri Kimono Collars
300 antique collars from Meiji to early-Showa. On this book, she said she was taught by her mother that collars showed the person. So when you saw a person, saw the collar first…
PHOTO BOOK: Empress Michiko's Kimonos
Elegant state of the art kimonos Empress Michiko wore from her engagemtn in 1958 to canada visit in 2008.
PHOTO BOOK: Shimagame in Ginza
Some established woman novelists' status kimono. Beautiful, sensitive and adored
PHOTO BOOK: Men's Kimono
Men's kimono is easy to wear. Only this book is enough to know how to wear and what men's kimono is.
DVD: How to wear yukata
Explain casual kimono wearing in English
5 comments:
I think it is still kitsuke, but what incredible skill and agility.
Thanks for sharing this wonderful video, Shino san. I don;t know kitsuke can be turned into entertainment. The lady is amazing with her hand folded fans :)
I enjoyed the video. Wonderful!
Thank you Shino san.
I have saved this a long time ago on my youtube list. The same user has another video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMQWRMyh130 with more hints to it being a kitsuke dance :) I don't speak japanese, but I love the first song, yuki tsubaki.. I recognize camellia, but that's it :)
Thanks for comments.
The dancer (a kitsuke school instructor) says you can wear kimono in 2 minutes and obi in 3 minutes if you dance! I will try tomorrow...
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