Pink Edo komon
This outfit is one I got for myself as a birthday gift. Through some strange act of fate, both were sold (separately) at the same time, and won for a very reasonable price - so reasonable I could hardly believe it. The Edo komon is exactly the right size, in excellent condition and my favorite pink. The motif is nice too: poem rafts decorated with chrysanthemums. Rafts would be used to float unfinished poems downstream, where others would pick up the poem, add a line and send it afloat again, until the poem was eventually completed. The rafts were often decorated with flowers.
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I again tried tying the obi wider: 20cm (8″). It’s not perfectly straight, but all in all I’m happy with how the otaiko bow turned out. My kitsuke seems to be getting better as well - I can’t find any “big” mistakes and dressing goes much more quickly than before. Perseverance is paying off!
May 26th, 2004 at 22:53:06
I just wanted to say that this outfit, to me, is perfect. The colours, the motifs, everything!
I greatly admire your eye for clean, crisp, yet subtly lively kitsuke!
August 10th, 2004 at 00:47:01
I know I may not be of what you may consider a mature age to be commenting on your site, but I still wished to leave a little note before I left. I love your kimonos. They are all very pretty and I feel very happy to have come across your site even if it was by accident. I somehow feel happy when I see them because they are all so very pretty. I especially love the obi on this one. Only one word could describe its features. Beautiful.
February 17th, 2007 at 23:55:11
This is such a gorgeous kimono! The colors look so beautiful together. I agree with Melissa, the obi is escpecially nice.