Eijihi Maiko Hikizuri |
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This is the kimono of a senior maiko; the red-based collar is completely covered in white embroidery, indicating the maiko has completed three to five years of her apprenticeship. This is an adorable maiko hikizuri kimono from pre WWII. It has an elegant phoenix and flowers motif, which is dyed with yuzen technique colorfully. Textile is chirimen(crepe) silk. The obi has a wonderful Kyoto scenery design, which is woven with tsume tsuzure technique. One threads by one threads, it was woven elaborately with nails, and it had to be taken incredibly long time to be completed. It has special kind of comfortable and comparatively stiff touch of tsume tsuzure silk. "Hikizuri" means that the kimono has a longer length than a usual one and is worn by geisha and maiko, apprentice geisha. What is more iconic than the geisha in her hikizuri? The hem of a hikizuri, or tailing kimono, would drape on the floor and swirl gracefully as the geiko or maiko stands, and of course, as she dances. The susohiki is mostly worn by geisha or by stage performers of the traditional Japanese dance. It is quite long, compared to regular kimono, because the skirt is supposed to trail along the floor. Susohiki literally means "trail the skirt". Where a normal kimono for women is normally 1.5ā1.6 m (4.7ā5.2 ft) long, a susohiki can be up to 2 m (6.3 ft) long. This is also why geisha and maiko lift their kimono skirt when walking outside, also to show their beautiful underkimono or "nagajuban". |
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