2025 NHK Taiga Drama: Berabo (Unbound) Eps. 24 (Auberginefleur Synopsis)

"Berabō" (Unbound) Eps. 24: Nihonbashi Remains Aloof 「げにつれなきは日本橋」(originally aired on NHK Jun. 22 (Sun)Continuing from the previous episode, Ōgiya escorts in his trump card (oku-no-te, 奥の手), introducing Kameya (亀屋), son of a freque

2025 NHK Taiga Drama: Berabo (Unbound) Eps. 23 (Auberginefleur Synopsis)

"Berabō" (Unbound) Eps. 23: I, Tsutajū, Foremost Impresario of Edo「我こそは江戸一利者なり」(originally aired on NHK Jun. 15 (Sun)At the fox shrine under dark, as it started to lightly snow, Okitomo had confided in Tsutajū about his plans to comma

2025 NHK Taiga Drama: Berabo (Unbound) Eps. 22 (Auberginefleur Synopsis)

"Berabō" (Unbound) Eps. 22: Self-humiliation through drunken cavorting「小生、酒上不埒（さけのうえのふらち）にて」(originally aired on NHK Jun. 8 (Sun)As seen previously, Okitomo (Okitsugu’s son) meets with Tagasode at the Yoshiwara, since she’s h

2025 NHK Taiga Drama: Berabo (Unbound) Eps. 21 (Auberginefleur Synopsis)

"Berabō" (Unbound) Eps. 21: Ezo Sakura & Passing Gas at Ueno「蝦夷桜上野屁音（えぞのさくらうえののへおと）」(originally aired on NHK Jun. 1 (Sun)At Okitsugu’s, with Okitomo (his son) and Miura (his secretariate, 側近), Miura is explaining to Okits

2025 NHK Taiga Drama: Berabo (Unbound) Eps. 20 (Auberginefleur Synopsis)

"Berabō" (Unbound) Eps. 20: The Season of the Sleepyhead「寝惚（ぼ）けて候」(originally aired on NHK May. 25 (Sun) As was seen at the end of the previous episode, Jirobei runs up to Tsutajū showing him the Kikujusō (菊寿草) that had just come out

2025 NHK Taiga Drama: Berabo (Unbound) Eps. 19 (Auberginefleur Synopsis)

"Berabō" (Unbound) Eps. 19: Uroko’s Keepsake「鱗(うろこ)の置き土産」(originally aired on NHK May. 18 (Sun) As was last seen, Okitsugu was in audience with the shōgun presenting his list of new government appointments, when the shōgun explained t

2025 NHK Taiga Drama: Berabo (Unbound) Eps. 18 (Auberginefleur Synopsis)

"Berabō" (Unbound) Eps. 18: Utamaro! & The “Dream within a dream” book (Mirugatoku issui no yume)「歌麿よ、見徳は一炊夢（みるがとくいっすいのゆめ）」(originally aired on NHK May. 11 (Sun) As was last seen, Tsutajū is pondering the prints signed

2025 NHK Taiga Drama: Berabo (Unbound) Eps. 17 (Auberginefleur Synopsis)

"Berabō" (Unbound) Eps. 17: "New Beginnings, brought by the return of scattered blossoms"「乱れ咲き往来の桜」(originally aired on NHK May. 4 (Sun)[From Eps. 17 is akin to a Pt. II of this series. Gennai and Segawa are gone permanently, (albeit with

2025 NHK Taiga Drama: Berabo (Unbound) Eps. 16 (Auberginefleur Synopsis)

"Berabō" (Unbound) Eps. 16: "Gennai’s Departure & Forever Immortalized"「さらば源内、見立は蓬莱（ほうらい）」(originally aired on NHK Apr. 20 (Sun)Episode 16 opens with Matsudaira Takechika lying on his death bed. Tanuma Okitsugu’s secretary, Miur

2025 NHK Taiga Drama: Berabo (Unbound) Eps. 15 (Auberginefleur Synopsis)

"Berabō" (Unbound) Eps. 15: " The Glove that Brought Death" 「死を呼ぶ手袋」(originally aired on NHK Apr. 13 (Sun)Bullet points for Eps. 15: ＊ Tsutajū dreams of Segawa, but when he awakes, she’s not there.＊ Gennai’s a bit off his rocker ove

2025 NHK Taiga Drama: Berabo (Unbound) Eps. 14 (Auberginefleur Synopsis)

"Berabō" (Unbound) Eps. 14: "The Final Procession of the Tsutajū-Segawa Couple" 「蔦重瀬川夫婦道中」(originally aired on NHK Apr. 6 (Sun)⁂ Images to be added later; I just don’t have time for it at the moment. …Eps. 14 begins with a recap of

2025 NHK Taiga Drama: Berabo (Unbound) Eps. 13 (Auberginefleur Synopsis)

記事タイトル2025 NHK Taiga Drama: Berabo (Unbound) Eps. 12 (Auberginefleur Synopsis)

"Berabō" (Unbound) Eps. 12: "The Niwaka Festival and Tsutajū’s ‘Meigetsu Yojō’ " 「俄（にわか）なる『明月余情』」(originally aired on NHK Mar. 23 (Sun)Matsudaira Sadanobu (formerly Masamaru) is reading Urokogataya’s latest “ao-bon” book, Koi

Tsutajū’s “Mirror of the Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters” (Seirō bijin awase sugata-kagami, 青楼美人合姿鏡)

Tsutajū’s Seirō Bijin album, depicting the oiran courtesans of the Yoshiwara in color and rendered in situ with background, was co-published in 1776 (安永5, An’ei 5) by Yamazaki Kinbei (山崎 金兵衛) and Tsutaya Jūzaburō (蔦屋重三郎). The NHK “Berab

2025 NHK Taiga Drama: Berabo (Unbound) Eps. 11 (Auberginefleur Synopsis)

"Berabō" (Unbound) Eps. 11: "The Tomimoto school & Horseface’s Humanity" 「富本、仁義の馬面」(originally aired on NHK Mar. 16 (Sun)At the stockroom of the town bookshop association, Nishimuraya is worried that his “Hinagata Wakana” print series w

2025 NHK Taiga Drama: Berabo (Unbound) Eps. 10 (Auberginefleur Synopsis)

"Berabō" (Unbound) Eps. 10: "A Dream Seen by the ‘Seirō Bijin’ Album" 「『青楼美人』の見る夢は」(originally aired on NHK Mar. 9 (Sun)Episode 10 begins with a recap of Masamura having an idea about how to seed sprouts in the castle. He then runs t

2025 NHK Taiga Drama: Berabo (Unbound) Eps. 9 (Auberginefleur Synopsis)

"Berabō" (Unbound) Eps. 9: "The Tamagiku Lantern Festival & the Hell of Love" 「玉菊燈籠恋の地獄」(originally aired on NHK Mar. 2 (Sun)Episode 9 begins with Tsuruya, along with Urokogataya and Nishimuraya, still at the bottom of the stairs. Tsuruta

2025 NHK Taiga Drama: Berabo (Unbound) Eps. 8 (Auberginefleur Synopsis)

"Berabō" (Unbound) Eps. 8: "Magobei Strikes Back: Urokogataya’s ‘Kinkin-sensei' " 「逆襲の『金々先生』」(originally aired on NHK Feb. 23 (Sun)Segawa (formerly Hana-no-i) prays at the fox shrine for Tsutajū’s success, when Tsutajū appears showin

2025 NHK Taiga Drama: Berabo (Unbound) Eps. 7 (Auberginefleur Synopsis)

"Berabō" (Unbound) Eps. 7: "A window of opportunity: Tsutajū’s ‘Magaki no hana’ Yoshiwara Saiken" 「好機到来『籬（まがき）の花』」(originally aired on NHK Feb. 16 (Sun)Flashback to Magobei of the Urokogataya being arrested and hauled off. Magobe

2025 NHK Taiga Drama: Berabo (Unbound) Eps. 6 (Auberginefleur Synopsis)

"Berabō" (Unbound) Eps. 6: "The Urokogataya’s scales skinned by the Setsuyōshū pirated dictionary" 「鱗（うろこ）剥がれた『節用集』」(originally aired on NHK Feb. 9 (Sun)Flashback to Tsutajū visiting Urokogataya Magobei to accept his offer to wo

2025 NHK Taiga Drama: Berabo (Unbound) Eps. 5 (Auberginefleur Synopsis)

"Berabō" (Unbound) Eps. 5: "Tsutajū’s and Karamaru’s Karmic Entwinement" 「蔦（つた）に唐丸因果の蔓（つる）」(originally aired on NHK Feb. 2 (Sun)Episode 5 opens with Shinnosuke asking his oiran if she will be included in Tsutajū’s Hinagata Wak

2025 NHK Taiga Drama: Berabo (Unbound) Eps. 4 (Auberginefleur Synopsis)

"Berabō" (Unbound) Eps. 4: "A Honey Trap: Hinagata Wakana (Fashion Plates of Young Greens)" 「『雛形若菜』の甘い罠（わな）」With the death of his older brother Harukai, head of the Tayasu family, in 1774 (An’ie 3) Masamaru asks Matsudaira Takechika

2025 NHK Taiga Drama: Berabo (Unbound) Eps. 3 (Auberginefleur Synopsis)

The narrative of eps. 3 is much simpler than heretofore, probably because all the main players have now been introduced for the nonce. With the somewhat jarring inclusion of Onihei portrayed as an ignorant ruffian, while most of us know him for his de

2025 NHK Taiga Drama: Berabo (Unbound) Eps. 2 (Auberginefleur Synopsis)

The story of Tsutaya Jūzaburō Historical Drama "Berabō" (Unbound) Eps. 2: "Yoshiwara Saiken ‘Ah~ O’Edo’ " (吉原細見『嗚呼（ああ）御江戸』)Episode 2 opens with Karamaro (Tsutajū’s errand boy) dressing Tsutajū’s hair and asks if Tsutajū i

2025 NHK Taiga Drama: Berabo (Unbound) Eps. 1 (Auberginefleur Synopsis)

2025 NHK Taiga Drama: Unbound – A Fantasy of Splendor (Berabō ～ Tsutajū – eiga no yume-banashi, べらぼう～蔦重栄華乃夢噺～)The 2025 NHK Taiga Drama, Berabō (Unbound), is based on the life of the late-18th century publisher Tsutaya Jūzaburō

Happy New Year 2025 ❣

2025 Year of the SnakeFrom an ukiyo-e triptych of three women out for a NY's temple visit, at the Yanganishima Myōgensan Hosshōji temple in Edo/Tokyo, likely in 1845.Utagawa Kuniyoshi, "Yanagishima on a Morning in the Auspicious Direction (柳嶋朝の

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Taisho Era Meisen Kimono at the Yayoi Museum (Tokyo)

If you are in Tokyo, I highly recommend this exhibition on Meisen kimono at the Yayoi Museum, which is also a terribly fun small museum and connected to the Yumeji Museum next door.＊Link to exhibition：https://www.yayoi-yumeji-museum.jp/yayoi/exhibiti

KAINOSHO Tadaoto Exhibition

KAINOSHO Tadaoto: Crossing Boundaries in Nihonga, Theater and Film 2023.07.1 sat. - 08.27 sun. Tokyo Station Gallery As a Nihonga (Japanese-style) painter, Kainosho Tadaoto (1894-1978) was active in Kyoto during the Taisho (1912-1926) and early Showa

What I did wear for OC @ Niiza Campus 3-25

Kimono Coordinate for OC on 2923-03-25

Planning “O’hanami Coordinate” for Open Campus lecture on 2023-03-25

2022-06-25 (Sat) @ Bunkyo

AFs April Kimono 2020-04-23 (Sat)

@Bunkyo Campus (Seminar Class)#LiveImitatingArtKiyokata Kaburaki (鏑木清方) Exhibition:https://kiyokata2022.jp/?fbclid=IwAR3Pvy-cynkkW6ihkB3siOseSUFyfRPpuJPbycAZrR7AC_QbbtHYKnDvY9YKiyokata Kaburaki (鏑木 清方, Kaburaki Kiyokata, August 31, 1

COVID Olympics (Tokyo 2021) NONO

The correspondance between the Tokyo Olympics 2020 2021 and the spike in COVID-19 cases in Tokyo, you be the judge.The Tokyo Olympics were held between 23 July and 8 August 2021.The Summer Paralympics were held between 24 August and 5 September 202

2021 AFs November Kimono Part 1

Now that the University is mostly back to live @university classes, I'm also back to being in kimono more often since I actually have to leave my house. (At home, I wear samue 作務衣 (kimono jacket&trousers work clothes).11/07 (SUN) @ Bunkyo Campus, for

AFs Recommended Readings on Kimono

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2021 AFs October Kimono

10/29 (FRI) @ Neighborhood 10/28 (THU) @ Bunkyo Campus 10/27 (WED) @ Bunkyo Campus (computer work) 10/21 (THU) @ Bunkyo Campus (Same kimono and obi as on Monday, see the diference)10/18 (MON) @ Funeral 10/16 (SAT) @ Bunkyo Camp

Kimono Communication Seminar Exhibition

@ Atomi University (Bunkyo Campus) 7/24-8/1, 2021This was the project I mentioned here (Kimono Display Ideas for Student Project)The seminar students wrote the wall texts explaining the motifs and the images. All the kimono and accessories are mine, a

Kimono Display Ideas for Student Project

2021 June Kimono Etc

It's only June, and I'm ready for summer, but the Japanese semester runs through July, and Tokyo is still in lockdown until the 20th.IN the meantime, I'm apparently "All about the kingyo (goldfish), all about the kingyo..."Speaking of going out

2021 May Kimono Etc

This "Little Disapproving Sensei" never fails to cheer me up during the travails of COVID and Tokyo lockdown. I imagine Rilakkuma in this garb scolding students: “Just you listen up here,” (adjusts obi), “You best get your act together, and I mean righ

2021 March Kimono

The major event/holiday of March is Doll's Day on 3/3, the origins of which are maybe not what you might suspect. Traditionally, it was a day of purification to cleanse impurities and ward off the consequneces of any possible defilements, called "kegare-h

Miscellaneous Yellow Kimono Coordinate Examples

I decided to put all these yellow kimono coordinates in one independent post.I actually do not like yellow, I don't hate it as much as orange but still, so coordinating yellow kimono into my personal style is a challenge for me.Yellow Kimono Coordinate

2021 Feb Kimono Etc

My Local Izakaya (i.e. Karen's Cheers)The motto on the side of their matchbox:The sake good, and the food is good, if you drink even better. Zashiki (small tatami room for parties) available on the 2nd FL.Various Coordinate Ideas for Green Stripe A

2021 Kimono February

2/24 (Wed) @ NiizaTsubaki (Camellia) Tsumugi and Tsubaki Synthetic Hassun (8-sun width) obi2/22 (Mon) Tsubaki (Camellia) & Tsubaki Hassun (8-sun width) obiThis kimono was supposed to be tailored as a dōnuki, but the idiot shop (more than the tail

2021 Kimono January

1/30 (Sat) @ Homesewing new sleeves on worn-out hada-juban1/29 (Fri) @ Neighborhood(cheating by wearing only half of tsukuri-obi)1/20 (Wed) @ Niiza (office)Purple Nishijin Tsumugi Kimono(one of my first kimono bought, many, many years ago no

2020 Kimono November and December

December Sundry AccessoriesDecember Nemaki CoordinateMisc. Yellow Kimono Coordinate Examples12/26 (Sat) @ Bunkyo12/25 (Fri) @ Niiza12/12 (Sat) @ Bunkyo11/28 (Sat) @ Bunkyo11/25 (Wed) @ Home11/22 (Sun) @ Bunkyo

Bruce Presents: A Virtual Kimono Showcase (vimeo link)

The Bruce Museum in Connecticut held the exhibition Floating Beauty: Women in the Art of Ukiyo-e (September 1, 2020 - November 1, 2020).In celebration of that exhibition, Floating Beauty: Women in the Art of Ukiyo-e, at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, October 20, t

2020 Kimono October

11/4 (Wed) ＠ Niiza The Ueda tsumugi (see below for detail)10/20 (Tue) ＠ Neighborhood10/5 (Mon) ＠ Neighborhood 10/4 (Sun) ＠ Niiza (R) dressed for work, (L) Ueda tsumugi detail (different kimono)

2020 Kimono Aug-Sep

Recently, this obi keeps popping up on ads, and I was pretty sure I already owned it. And, yep, the earliest photo I can find at the moment is 2017-9-24.(2017-9-24)9/14 MONAnd then I decided to compare the advice in Tōsei Fūzoku Tsū text, to

2020 Kimono August part 1

Aug. 5 (Wed) @ TNM "KIMONO" Exhibition・Indigo-dyed ro-weave summer kimono with mountain landscapes, Hanhaba Hakata obi, black ro crested haori藍染 絽小紋 紅葉・山岳 模様、半幅博多帯、黒絽紋付け羽織Walked to my station without tears, did fine at the

2020 Kimono July part 2

Hamamatsu-shijira Two-piece Kimono浜松しじら 二部式着物・セパレート着物米沢織 八寸名古屋帯Yonezawa-weave 8-sun width Nagoya obiWhen I've been in kimono, mostly I have been wearing this one. I bought this two-piece kimono so that I could wear just the

2020 Kimono June-July

Due to online classes etc I have not been wearing kimono regulary, instead I have been wearing samue. But for what it's worth (eyecandy?), here's some recent kimono pics that I do have.July 22 (Wed)Yumeji Coordinate Plan for TNM Kimono Exhibition One

2020 Kimono May

In honor of the 5th month (May), which starts off with Children's Day (the traditional holiday of Tango 端午) on 5/5 and approaches a close with Kimono Day (呉服の日) on 5/29, I have posted the answers to my workbook sheet on the iris motif which I make f

Personal Faves of COVID-19 Memes

JAPAN BLOG by AubergineFleur™ : Kimono and yukata, Japanese exhibitions, TV Dramas, news briefs, flowers and festivals, various Japan event info, and handy Japan links.

2020 Kimono April

Left to right: April 27, April 28, April 29, and April 30April 25April 24April 19April 18April 17April 8 @ NiizaApril 4

Shiozawa omeshi 塩澤お召し 2020 March

2020-03-13 (Fri) @ Niiza (meetings)2020-03-03 (Tue) @ Home and Out&AboutQuote below from Ariyoshi Sawako's novel Shiba-zakura (book 2), published in 1970.御召 に 絣 模様 が でき た のは 正子 が 一本 に なる 前後 の こと で あっ た。 それ までの

2020 Kimono February

Of late, I've been forgetting to take kimono pics, but this is what I have.2020-2-27 (Thu) @ NiizaStripe black Ōshima & Black shibori haori2020-2-22 (Sat) @ NiizaEdo komon & Ōshima haori2020-2-19 (Wed) @ NiizaEdo Komon & Velvet maroon sha

2020 Kimono January

Week 3・2020-01-18 (Sat): Center Shiken (National Exams) @ Niiza, upper right・2020-01-16 (Thu): Kimono Communication class @ Bunkyo, lower left (went to Niiza in AM)・2020-01-15 (Wed): Meetings @ Niiza, upper left・2020-01-12 (Sun): Hatsugama, lower

2020 Kimono January

2020-01-29 @ NiizaWeek 4Week 3・2020-01-18 (Sat): Center Shiken (National Exams) @ Niiza, upper right・2020-01-16 (Thu): Kimono Communication class @ Bunkyo, lower left (went to Niiza in AM)・2020-01-15 (Wed): Meetings @ Niiza, upper left

Christmas in the USA 2020

I spent Christmas in the US from Dec 21st to Dec 30th.Train to plane and hiking clothesHike 1 (12-22)Dad and his bridgeDad & Associates' landscaping project @ Kanawauke Regional Nature Museum (small zoo only open seasonally)H

2019 Kimono December

2019-12-20 (Fri) @ Niiza2019-12-19 (Thu) @ Bunkyo2019-12-18 (Wed) @ Niiza2019-12-16 (Mon) @ Tea2019-12-14 (Sat) @ Bunkyo2019-12-13 (Fri) @ Niiza2019-12-12 (Thu) @ Bunkyo2019-12-11 (Wed) @ Niiza2019-12-10 (Tue) @ Neighborhoo

2019 Kimono November

2019-11-29 (Fri) @ Niiza2019-11-28 (Thu) @ Bunkyo2019-11-27 (Wed) @ Niiza2019-11-25 (Mon) @ Home afer Tea2019-11-23 (Sat) @ HomeBefore and after obiage messMoved kimono to new houseRoof-leak old apartment2019-11-22 (Fri) @ Ni

2019 Kimono October Week 4 and 5

2019-10-29 (Tue) @ NeighborhoodIt was raining (new umbrella)2019-10-26 (Sat) @ Bunkyo2019-10-25 (Fri) @ HomeWater flooding kimono room AGAIN! (Same day I bought the cat umbrella)Kimono 10-26 (Sat), 10-25 (Fri), and 10-23 (Wed) -- (lef

2019 Kimono October Week 1 - 3

2019-10-19 (SAT) @ Bunkyo to Asakusa2019-10-19 (SAT), 10-18 (Fri), 10-17 (Thu) -- (Left to right)2019-10-16 (Wed) @ HomeAt home with the plague2019-10-16 (Wed) @ HomeConsidering obi options for Bingata wase kimono2019-10-9 (Wed) @ Nii

2019 Kimono September Week 4

2019-9-27 (Fri) @ NiizaOmiya chijimi, really just too hot for anything else.2019-9-26 (Thu) @ BunkyoI'm not sure, but likely an Ojiya chijimi kimono2019-9-25 (Wed) @ NiizaStill too hot to wear anything but summer kimono.Omiya chijimi and Lea

2019 Kimono September Week 3

2019-9-21 (Sat) @ Neighborhood2019-9-19 (Thu) @ Niiza (Admissions)2019-9-18 (Wed) @ Hospital Check-up2019-9-17 (Tue) @ Neighborhood.......* クリックしてね Blog Mura

2019 Kimono September Week 2

2019-9-14 (Sat) @ Neighborhood2019-9-12 (Thu) @ Neighborhood2019-9-10 (Tue) @ Neighborhood2019-9-9 (Mon) @ Neighborhood.......* クリックしてね Blog Mura

2019 Kimono September Week 1

2019-9-7 (Sat) @ Neighborhood2019-9-6 (Fri) @ Neighborhood2019-9-5 (Thu) @ Neighborhood2019-9-3 (Wed) @ Neighborhood2019-9-2 (Mon) @ Niiza (Admissions).......* クリックしてね Blog Mura

2019 Kimono August

2019-8-31 (Sat) @ Neighborhood2019-8-27 (Tue), 29 (Thu), 30 (Fri) 2019-8-30 (Fri) detail2019-8-25 (Sun) @ Bon-odori at Ebisu with friend2019-8-24 (Sat) @ Neighborhood2019-8-23 (Fri) @ Neighborhood2019-8-17 (Sat) @ Neighborhood

株式会社リョーキの騒音公害

東京都豊島区目白4丁目18の作業はうるさいすぎるし、その上、危険と思います。私の家はそのせいで、完全に揺れています。仕事できないだけではなく、気分が悪くなっています。それほどの作業は法律違反ではないのでしょうか。http://www.ryoki-japan.co.jp/家の

2019 Kimono July Week 4 and 5

2019-7-31 (Wed) @ Neighborhood2019-7-30 (Tue) @ Neighborhood2019-7-29 (Mon) @ Tea Lesson2019-7-27 (Sat) @ Hachioji: Dyeing Works 染工場2019-7-26 (Fri) @ Neighborhood2019-7-25 (Thu) @ No class2019-7-24 (Wed) @ Niiza: Last Facult

2019 Kimono July Week 3

2019-7-20 (Sat) @ Bunkyo: 3rd & 4th year seminars + Yukata Kitsuke Practice2019-7-19 (Fri) @ Niiza: 2nd year's "Intro to Research" class 2019-7-18 (Thu) @ Bunkyo: "Japanese Religious Art" class 2019-7-17 (Wed) @ Niiza: Faculty etc meeting

2019 Kimono July Week 1 and 2

2019-7-13 (Sat) @ Bunkyo: 4th year seminar + Yukata Kitsuke Lecture with Obi practice2019-7-12 (Fri) @ Niiza: Intro to Research 研究入門2019-7-11 (Thu) @ Bunkyo: Japanese Religious Art2019-7-10 (Wed) @ Niiza: Faculty etc meetings2019-7

2019 Kimono June Week 4

2019-6-29 (Sat) @ Bunkyo: 3rd & 4th year seminars 2019-6-28 (Fri) @ Niiza: Intro to Research (Scholarly Reading) (Wore grey haori so I wouldn't get my kimono sleeves in my students' faces as I checked their work.)2019-6-27 (Thu) @ Bunkyo: Japan

KIMONO is not underwear

"Kimono" is the traditional clothes of Japan.Dear Kim Kardashian,Not only is "kimono" not underwear, but the function of specialized underwear for kimono is to minimize the natural curves of the body for the straight lines of a "kimono"; it is NOT

2019 Kimono June Week 3

2019-6-23 (Sun) @ ???(What on earth did I do that was so fancy-pants?!)I remembered, Open Campus @ Bunkyo2019-6-22 (Sat) @ Bunkyo: 3rd year seminar -- Yukata Dressing 2019-6-21 (Fri) @ Niiza: Intro to Research (Motifs and Their Meanings -- Sum

2019 Kimono June Week 1 and 2

2019-6-16 (Sun) @ International Ukiyo-e Symposium2019-6-15 (Sat) @ Bunkyo: 3rd and 4th year seminar 2019-6-14 (Fri) @ Wake for friend 2019-6-13 (Thu) @ Bunkyo: Japanese Religious Art 2019-6-12 (Wed) @ neighborhood 2019-6-9 (Sun)

2019 Kimono May Week 4

2019-5-25 (Sat) @ Bunkyo: 3rd & 4th year seminars 2019-5-24 (Fri) @ TNM: Japanese Religious Art (Kūkai & Tōji Exhibition) (actually in very light awase kimono)Giorgio Armani Fashion Show? Photo Shoot? to occure later @ TNM2019-5-23 (Thu

2019 Kimono May Week 3

2019-5-17 (Fri) @ Niiza (Intro to Research: モノ学コミ material culture comunication）2019-5-16 (Thu) @ Bunkyo: Japanese Religious Art (Asuka-Hakuhō periods）2019-5-15 (Wed) @ Home (Making class lecture PP's）In samu'e 作務衣: No photo201

2019 Kimono May Week 2

2019-5-11 (Sat) @ Bunkyo (Zemi Ia: Kimono Library; Zemi IIa: Google survey）2019-5-10 (Fri) @ Niiza (Intro to Research モノ学コミ: Motif Communication 柄・模様コミ）2019-5-9 (Thu) @ Bunkyo: Japanese Religious Art (Intro to Buddhism）2019-5-

2019 Kimono April 30th Shitamachi Flowers

* BTW, no Kimono May Week One due to Golden Week Holidays2019-4-30 (Tue) @ Shitamachi Flowers (Nezu Shrine & Kameido Tenjin shrine)1st stop: Nezu Shrine 根津神社: Azaleas ツツジ（躑躅）Stop 2: Lunch @ Izue in Ueno (上野不忍池 伊豆栄)

You Say Iris, I Say Ayame (The Kakitsubata Poem)

I am reposting this old post just because I like it, and because a Japanese friend asked for a modern Japanese translation of the Kakitsubata poem below.The first syllables of each line of the poem spell-out “ka-ki-tsu-ba-ta.” Just in case you hadn

2019 Kimono April Week 4

2019-4-27 (Sat) @ Bunkyo (Zemi Ia: 着モノがたり）2019-4-26 (Fri) @ Niiza (Kenkyu Nyumon: Material Culture Communication）2019-4-25 (Thu) @ Bunkyo (Japanese Religious Art）2019-4-24 (Wed) @ Niiza (Faculty & Committee Meetings）.......

2019 Kimono April Week 3

2019-4-20 (Sat) @ Bunkyo (Zemi Ia: 着モノがたり）2019-4-19 (Fri) @ Niiza (Kenkyu Nyumon: Material Culture Communication）2019-4-18 (Thu) @ Bunkyo (Japanese Religious Art）2019-4-17 (Wed) @ Niiza (Faculty & Committee Meetings）& Chinsanzo

2019 Kimono April Week 2

2019-4-13 (Sat) @ Bunkyo (Zemi: 着モノがたり）White Ōshima kimono with floral pattern Black Hassun Obi with Tsubaki (camellia) flower design本場大島紬 白大島 花丸文八寸名古屋帯 黒紬地 華やかな椿文2019-4-12 (Fri) @ Niiza (Kenkyū Nyūmon:

2019 Kimono April Week 1

2019-4-7 (Sun) @ Bunkyo (Class prep）Stripe Denim KimonoHakata Nam'haba Obiアシンメトリーデニム×ヒッコリー デニム着物半幅博多帯2019-4-6 (Sat) @ Bunkyo (Zemi: 着モノがたり 1st Class!）2019-4-4 (Thu) @ Niiza (1st & 2nd years guidance）Gr

2019-4-6 (Sat) Zemi Museum Trip

For my "Ki-mono-gatari" 着モノがたり seminar class, I took the students to the Tokyo National Museum (TNM) in the afternoon, and they had to write a short report and do a PP presentation for the next class.Course: Ueno Park --> TNM Rear Garden --> Ho

2019-4-3 Sakura at Sumidagawa

After the university entrance ceremony at Atomi, I went to see the sakura (cherry blossoms) at the Sumidagwa river.

April 1st Kimono Heisei 31 (2019)

Cotton Kimono & Hakata Han'haba ObiGreen Block Check 

New Japanese Era Name

Reiwa from the Manyoshu、poem on plum blossoms.Era name means "Wonderful Harmony"

2019 Kimono March Week 4

2019-3-29 (Fri) @ Bunkyo (Guidance for 3rd & 4th years）Lunch with Professors2019-3-27 (Wed) @ Niiza (University Meetings）2019-3-26 (Tue) @ neighborhood

Hakone Trip 2019 March

I went to Hakone onsen (hotspring) with a friend, for an overnight trip on March 24-25.Photo of Mt. Fuji 富士山 from window of Narukawa Art Museumhttp://www.narukawamuseum.co.jp/Tea Sweets at Cafe in Narukawa MuseumSoba Restaurant near

Kansas Trip March 2

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Kansas  kimono Trip day 1 (March 1)

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Graduation @  Atomi 2-18

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Sudden Trip to Kyoto Day 2

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Sudden Trip to Kyoto

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2019 Cherry Blossom Schedule Forecast in Japan 平成31 桜開花スケジュール

Cherry Bossoms, Sakura, 桜、さくら、サクラ、🌸 I'm posting a bit late this year, so The Japanese WeatherNews’s weathernews.jp, and the official Japan Weather Association’s tenki.jp, as well as Weathermap are all available.＊Check for update

2019 Kimono February Week 3

2019-2-15 (Fri) @ Bunkyo --to-- NiizaI rather like how the stripes in the obi just happened to match the stripes in the kimono.2019-2-14 (Thu) @ Neighborhood (Valentine's)2019-2-11 (Mon) @ Tea Class.......* クリックしてね Blog Mura