#kimono

[tanuki-kimono]

Not-overly-sweet soft hues for this outfit perfect for Japan’s raining season, pairing a yukata with ajisai (hydrangea) in the rain, with matching a lovely rustic looking hanhaba obi

[arthistoryanimalia]

In celebration of seeing the first fireflies of the season:

Furisode with Fireflies and Irises Japan, Edo period, 18th century silk crepe, paste-resist dyed, embroidery National Museum of Japanese History (photographed on display at The Life of Animals in Japanese Art exhbition at the National Gallery of Art DC in 2019)

[ybon-paramoux]

Rain

[apartment315]

[viliere]

Kimono (Kosode), Japan, 1840-1860

[kohanakonohana]

本日も着物。６月ですが雨で陽光もないので、家だし大伯母の茶箱の羽織でも着てみようかと。

I'm wearing kimono also today. And I try to wear one of "haori" in the tealeaves storage of my grandant, because it's raining and a little bit cold today.

膝まである銘仙の長羽織。

縫い糸が古くなっていて、ビリっと行ったところを縫直し。

いやぁ柄on柄なのに、合うのが不思議な大正風。。。

This is a long type of haori having a knee length. I had swen some points as sewing yarns were too old and broken. This may be close to the Taisho Modern style (the early of 20th).

なおこの銘仙、パイナップル柄ですの🍍

And, this haori is ananas design!

[saintgregorythegenerous]

Blackbeard as girl in the red kimono

[fripperiesandfobs]

Coat by Iida & Co./Takashimaya ca. 1900

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art

[fourbrickstall]

Kyoto Encounter in LEGO

Yesterday @johnreiley recreated a portrait in LEGO during our livestream and it reminded me of a similar photo I had done a few years ago (we even used the same minifig!)

This was inspired by Brian Miller's photo of a woman in a kimono walking past an alley.

Brian Miller | 500px

I already had built the Japanese alleyway as a book nook (which I showed during the live shoot in a previous stream) and so I actively sought out photos for inspo.

LEGO made a geisha minifigure before so I used that without changing anything (for example her red kimono to something dark like in the inspo).

I wanted LEGO fans to instantly recognize her even though she's so out of focus you can't see her kimono print.

Plus, I liked the red pop.

Then I matched the bike color so it would connect the two better, like in the inspo. (Inspho? Yes? Yes.)

I chose to use another build as the background and frame the geisha in the Asian door pattern for contrast. Because we can't see her kimono, I wanted to get some kind of Japanese pattern back there.

I still really like this photo. The livestream with John rekindled my interest in recreating a photo in LEGO form so I'll start looking for inspo inspho this week.

[ryuko]

Hood/후드

[berylallee]

I finally animated him, this half-demon has been living rent-free in my head for years

[tanuki-kimono]

Vaporwave feel for this yukata, patterned with butterflies over shibori ground

[blukcattalking]

[jramseyi]

Music For Tigers.

Print available.

[hoe4poee]

[a-titty-ninja]