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2023-03-15 16:39
Planning “O’hanami Coordinate” for Open Campus lecture on 2023-03-25 Read More
2022-06-26 04:25
2022-04-24 01:16
@Bunkyo Campus (Seminar Class)#LiveImitatingArtKiyokata Kaburaki (鏑木清方) Exhibition:https://kiyokata2022.jp/?fbclid=IwAR3Pvy-cynkkW6ihkB3siOseSUFyfRPpuJPbycAZrR7AC… Read More
2021-11-15 03:34
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… Read More
2021-11-09 06:36
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ࡈ……Read More
2021-11-09 06:01
Back by popular demand....(Click images to enlarge) Read More
2021-10-31 06:27
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 (MO… Read More
2021-08-18 01:41
@ Atomi University (Bunkyo Campus) 7/24-8/1, 2021
This was the project I mentioned here (Kimono Display Ideas for Student Project)
The seminar students wrote the wall texts explaining the mo… Read More
2021-06-24 01:36
2021-06-13 04:23
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 (go… Read More
2021-05-31 00:08
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 he… Read More
2021-03-31 00:50
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 o… Read More
2021-03-25 05:28
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 m… Read More
2021-03-24 04:55
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) availab… Read More
2021-02-27 03:50
2/24 (Wed) @ Niiza
Tsubaki (Camellia) Tsumugi and Tsubaki Synthetic Hassun (8-sun width) obi2/22 (Mon)
Tsubaki (Camellia) & Tsubaki Hassun (8-sun width) obi
This kimono was supposed to… Read More
2021-02-16 05:15
1/30 (Sat) @ Home
sewing 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… Read More
2020-12-31 01:33
December Sundry AccessoriesDecember Nemaki CoordinateMisc. Yellow Kimono Coordinate Examples12/26 (Sat) @ Bunkyo12/25 (Fri) @ Niiza12/12 (Sat) @ Bunkyo11/28 (Sat) @ Bunkyo11/25 (Wed) @ Home1… Read More
2020-11-07 04:49
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: W… Read More
2020-11-04 05:26
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… Read More
2020-09-25 06:46
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 MON
And then I decide… Read More
2020-08-06 03:32
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……Read More
2020-07-30 23:07
Hamamatsu-shijira Two-piece Kimono
浜松しじら 二部式着物・セパレート着物
米… Read More
2020-07-16 05:36
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… Read More
2020-06-02 04:31
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{… Read More
2020-05-28 03:32
2020-04-30 06:45
Left to right: April 27, April 28, April 29, and April 30April 25April 24April 19April 18April 17April 8 @ NiizaApril 4 Read More
2020-03-14 02:13
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 ಉ……Read More
2020-02-27 23:19
Of late, I've been forgetting to take kimono pics, but this is what I have.2020-2-27 (Thu) @ Niiza
Stripe black Ōshima & Black shibori haori2020-2-22 (Sat) @ Niiza
Edo komon & … Read More
2020-01-20 01:25
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)
・2… Read More
2019-12-31 03:04
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… Read More
2019-12-20 03:43
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) @ Ni… Read More
2019-11-29 05:11
2019-11-29 (Fri) @ Niiza2019-11-28 (Thu) @ Bunkyo2019-11-27 (Wed) @ Niiza2019-11-25 (Mon) @ Home afer Tea2019-11-23 (Sat) @ Home
Before and after obiage mess
Moved kimono to new house
Roof-l… Read More
2019-11-02 05:37
2019-10-29 (Tue) @ NeighborhoodIt was raining (new umbrella)2019-10-26 (Sat) @ Bunkyo2019-10-25 (Fri) @ Home
Water flooding kimono room AGAIN! (Same day I bought the cat umbrella)Kimono 10-2… Read More
2019-11-01 06:27
2019-10-19 (SAT) @ Bunkyo to Asakusa2019-10-19 (SAT), 10-18 (Fri), 10-17 (Thu) -- (Left to right)2019-10-16 (Wed) @ Home
At home with the plague2019-10-16 (Wed) @ Home
Considering obi option… Read More
2019-09-30 03:17
2019-9-27 (Fri) @ Niiza
Omiya chijimi, really just too hot for anything else.2019-9-26 (Thu) @ Bunkyo
I'm not sure, but likely an Ojiya chijimi kimono2019-9-25 (Wed) @ Niiza
Still too hot to… Read More
2019-09-22 03:49
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… Read More
2019-09-15 04:23
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… Read More
2019-09-08 04:51
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|… Read More
2019-08-31 05:14
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) @ Neigh… Read More
2019-08-24 04:29
東京都豊島区目白4丁目１８の作業はうるさいすぎる{… Read More
2019-08-01 01:35
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… Read More
2019-07-21 07:14
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… Read More
2019-07-14 03:02
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: Japa… Read More
2019-06-30 04:21
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' fac… Read More
2019-06-27 04:02
"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… Read More
2019-06-24 04:36
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) @ Nii… Read More
2019-06-16 05:12
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… Read More
2019-05-26 03:39
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 Ar… Read More
2019-05-17 23:23
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… Read More
2019-05-11 23:47
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 … Read More
2019-04-30 14:30
* 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:… Read More
2019-04-30 00:46
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… Read More
2019-04-28 01:59
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) @ Bun… Read More
2019-04-21 02:55
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) @ Bun… Read More
2019-04-14 06:17
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… Read More
2019-04-07 07:22
2019-4-7 (Sun) @ Bunkyo (Class prep）
Stripe Denim Kimono
Hakata Nam'haba Obi
アシンメトリーデニム×ヒッ… Read More
2019-04-05 23:50
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… Read More
2019-04-03 00:50
After the university entrance ceremony at Atomi, I went to see the sakura (cherry blossoms) at the Sumidagwa river Read More
2019-04-02 02:13
Cotton Kimono & Hakata Han'haba ObiGreen Block Check Read More
2019-04-01 02:44
Reiwa
from the Manyoshu、poem on plum blossoms.
Era name means "Wonderful Harmony" Read More
2019-03-28 23:04
2019-3-29 (Fri) @ Bunkyo (Guidance for 3rd & 4th years）Lunch with Professors2019-3-27 (Wed) @ Niiza (University Meetings）2019-3-26 (Tue) @ neighborhood Read More
2019-03-26 02:09
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… Read More
2019-03-22 05:52
2019-03-22 05:22
続きを読む Read More
2019-03-22 04:21
2019-03-22 04:11
2019-03-22 04:08
2019-02-16 06:41
Cherry Bossoms, Sakura, 桜、さくら、サクラ、🌸
I'm posting a bit late this year, so The Japanese WeatherNews’s weath… Read More
2019-02-16 04:53
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) @ T… Read More
2019-02-16 04:44
2019-2-10 (Sun) @ Asakusa
A friend called me out of the blue. A friend had given her some kimono, so she wanted to get dressed up and go to Asakusa. First she came over to my house, and we s… Read More
2019-02-16 04:27
2019-2-9 (Sat) @ Neighborhood2019-2-8 (Fri) @ NiizaSame kimono and obi as 2019-2-5 (Tue) below, but different abi-age sash and obijime cord; here light blue and below yellow. 2019-2-7 (Thu)… Read More
2019-02-03 07:17
2019-2-2 (Sat) @ Bunkyo
(Yuuki Tsumugi)2019-2-1 (Fri) @ Niiza Read More
2019-02-03 07:01
2019-1-29 (Tue) @ Bunkyo 2019-1-28 (Mon) @ Bunkyo (A-Nyushi Exam Day 2)2019-1-27 (Sun) @ Bunkyo (A-Nyushi Exam Day 1) Read More
2019-02-03 06:02
2019-1-26 (Sat) @ Bunkyo2019-1-25 (Fri) @ Niiza2019-1-23 (Wed) @ Niiza2019-1-22 (Tue) @ Bunkyo2019-1-21 (Mon) @ Tea
(The day I split the back seam on this kimono. It is now at the kimono sho… Read More
2019-02-03 05:45
＊ BTW, there is no Jan week 12019-1-16 (Wed) @ Niiza2019-1-15 (Tue) @ Bunkyo2019-1-14 (Mon) @ Hatsugama (NY's Tea Ceremony)2019-1-13 (Sun) @ Bunkyo2019-1-11 (Fri) @ Niiza2019-1-9 (Wed… Read More
2019-01-24 01:41
For the Japanese National Entrance exams (Center Shiken, センター試験) on Jan 19, the Listening Portion had a question about which (vegetable) character m… Read More
2019-01-10 05:26
2018-01-05 (Sat) @ Torihachi
(wore samue 作務衣, kimono jacket-and-pants work clothes)
Just because...2018-01-09 (Wed) @ Niiza Read More
2018-12-31 05:18
I was supposed to fly out on Delta, but the plane was delayed arrival to Newark, hence would not make connection at Detroit for flight to Narita, so I was transferred to United. Direct fligh… Read More
2018-12-29 04:53
2018-12-29 (Sat) with Dad
Nice for a short hike (walk) on an overcast day, and even prettier in spring.
Walking counter-clockwise, enlarge map held by Dad
3 trail markers marks the start
The… Read More
2018-12-27 04:39
According to the Farmer's Almanac of 2019, Men's Wear Daily predicts kimono in muted blues and grays for men. (Seriousy?! In the US?!) Read More
2018-12-26 04:35
2018-12-26 (Wed)
Bookshelf from my undergraduate days at RU
Detail of The Secret History of the Lord of Musashi and Arrowroot, written by Tanizaki, and translated by Anthony H Chambers Read More
2018-12-25 04:16
2018-12-25 (Tue)
Table Centerpiece by AF
Mother's Favorite Tea (Dimbula) Read More
2018-12-23 04:03
2018-12-23 (Sun)
The Map
Starting out at topmost parking P
Overlook from topmost spur trail
The detail of NYC in the distance
Bow Hunting Season
The hikers
The historic casino on the reser… Read More
2018-12-22 03:52
2018-12-22 (Sat) Read More
2018-12-20 03:04
2018-12-20 (Thu) @ Hair Permed and Off to NJ for the Holidays!2018-12-19 (Wed) @ Niiza2018-12-18 (Tue) @ BunkyoObi Motifs for Kimono Communication Class2018-12-17 (Mon) @ Neighborhood
… Read More
2018-12-17 02:41
2018-12-15 (Sat) @ Bunkyo
Sheila Cliffe Demonstrated making kimono from (paper) tanmono (kimono bolt)AF's design2018-12-12 (Wed) @ Niiza
(In great pain, went to hospital next day)2018-12-11… Read More
2018-12-16 01:55
2018-12-08 (Sat) @ Bunkyo2018-12-07 (Fri) @Niiza2018-12-04 (Tue) @ Bunkyo2018-12-03 (Mon) @ Home Planning Classes2018-12-02 (Sun) @ Asakusa Jazz Bar "Hub"2018-12-01 (Sat) @ Bunkyo
.......* … Read More
2018-12-09 01:28
2018-11-30 (Fri) @ Niiza2018-11-28 (Wed) @ Hospital, Asakusa, Torihachi
(Was in Western clothes, the kimono pic is from a few years ago)2018-11-27 (Tue) @ Bunkyo2018-11-26 (Mon) @ Tea Lesson… Read More
2018-12-06 08:29
2018-11-25 (Sun) @ Home2018-11-24 (Sat) @ Bunkyo2018-11-23 (Fri) @ Holiday -- NO SCHOOL!
Photo is of kimono related books2018-11-22 (Thu) @ Home after HS Lecture
Compare to 2018-11-13 (Tue)… Read More
2018-12-05 07:26
2018-11-18 (Sun) @ Harujuku with friendsThe Goodies bought...2018-11-17 (Sat) @ Bunkyo
Brown cotton kimono (hitoe) with tsubaki flowers, and hanhaba obi2018-11-16 (Fri) @ Niiza
Yuuki tsumugi… Read More
2018-11-12 00:17
2018-11-09 (Fri) @ Torihachi
2nd expedition outside of home2018-11-09 (Fri) @ Torihachi
1st expedition outside of home2018-11-06 (Tue) thru 2018-11-8 (Thu) @ Home
Online shopping while sick… Read More
2018-11-05 06:53
吉田類さん＠鳥八（目白）！！！ @karashi61
Mr. Yoshida Rui has on TV show on TBS BS called Sakaba H… Read More
2018-11-02 03:07
Fast-forward to the past. Here are some of my Owlish-Cat Obi coordinates from past years.2013-ish with the famous Sheila Cliffe2014 NYC Kimono Group @ The METAlso 2014 @ Indianapolis2015?201… Read More
2018-11-01 02:14
For my class "Special Studies in Material Culture Communication: Kimono Communication," I wore the "Owlish-Cat" obi every Tuesday in honor of Halloween Month (aka October), so that the stude… Read More
2018-10-31 06:32
2018-10-31 (Wed) @ Neighborhood 2018-10-30 (Tue) @ Asakusa2018-10-29 (Mon) @ Shinagawa --> Hamamatsucho --> Sou Sou (Aoyama) --> Issey Miyake (Tokyo Stn.) * クリッ… Read More
2018-10-30 06:41
2018-10-28 (Sun) @ Bunkyo (to make pdf for student)2018-10-27 (Sat) @ Bunkyo2018-10-26 (Fri) @ Niiza2018-10-25 (Thu) @ Home
Old snood scarf, upper and lower left, opened and lined to make sh… Read More
2018-10-29 07:42
2018-10-20 (Sat) @ Bunkyo 2018-10-19 (Fri) @ Niiza 2018-10-18 (Thu) @ Ikebukuro Oeshiki 2018-10-17 (Wed) @ Kabuki 2018-10-16 (Tue) @ Bunkyo * クリックして… Read More
2018-10-14 01:20
2018-10-09 (Tue) @ Bunkyo For my class "Special Studies in Material Culture Communication: Kimono Communication," I am wearing the "Owlish-Cat" obi every Tuesday in honor of Halloween, so th… Read More
2018-10-08 01:05
2018-10-01 (Mon) @ Tea Still too hot for fall hitoe (unlined kimono), so I am wearing an not-obviously-transparent hitoe to deal with the heat. The purpose of my wearing a haori (kimono jack… Read More
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