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5 comments:
Thank you for sharing , they are both beautiful and facinating
Pamela: I cannot imagine that they were casual wear, they are so beautiful.
Thank-you for sharing this amazing display.
Catherine
The kimonos and fabrics are wonderful! I'd love seeing this!
So am I, looking at your pictures of the gorgeous kimonos.
I have also learned a lot, e.g. I didn't know that padded winter kimonos (quilts in the shape of a kimono, which you put on back to front, put your arms through the sleeves and sleep under) were used in the New Year to ward off evil and bring good fortune. I wish our family had kept the ones we had, alas this type of bedding was deemed old-fashioned and was thrown out long ago.
It also impresses me that the motif was often off-season in expectation of the coming season. It is usually seen in formal dinners, too, where slivers of sliced vegetables (carrots or radishes) in the shape of cherry blossom petals are used to decorate food weeks before the flowers start blooming.
I love Japanese culture and its attention to detail.
Thank you for letting me join you on this online visit to the museum.
Kimono are so pretty and fancy. It's hard to imagine they used to be actual, everyday clothing for people.
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