Master Mei-Shu gave Mei-Shun a kimono again. The latter feels so happy, yet aren’t you too generous, Master? When asked so, she smiled and said that the one was too long for her. Dark blue, doubled with dark red inside. How cool it is! Thank you very much.
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Kimono Reminds…
StandardMaster Mei-Shu gave Mei-Shun a kimono, beautifully purple-colored. It is just in size of the latter, looks a bit too long for you, Master … it might be the one her eldest sister, Mei-Shu I, wore in her days.
Lonely Piano
StandardAs performance date approaches, Ms. Piano tends to be left alone. She is sometimes forced to be a kimono holder after Mei-Shun comes back from lessons. No, she would like to sing, rather than being treated like a piece of furniture. Just 5 minutes must not be spared for her.
Inconvenient Autumn
StandardYukata is an indispensable item for Japanese dancers: practices are sometimes too hard to do in silk kimono. On the other hand, most people put it on as a fashionable summer clothes. It looks therefore a bit bizarre to see a yukata driver from this month. Mei-Shun has to bring it in furoshiki (=a square wrapping cloth), change clothes at Master Mei-Shu’s home.
A Wig to perform
StandardMei-Shun saw a wig fitter today for her performance in November. Interestingly, such wigs are tailor-made from scratch in Kanto area including Tokyo. However, in Kansai area of Osaka, shops have an enormous number of wigs in various size and shape: Japanese dancers have to fit their heads to the wigs.
Driving in Kimono
StandardMaster Mei-Shu gave Mei-Shun a lesson from 18:00. Since it is too hard to drive midday in summer, lesson time would be late in the afternoon. As for winter, daytime is preferred to steer clear of sunset. In the first place, driving in kimono is quite dangerous …
2013 Performance
StandardMei-Shun posted a short column on her last performance “Shima-no-Senzai (=Senzai, the priestess)” to the public relation brochure of Tsuchiura City. It follows partly below.
… “Shima-no-Senzai” features a woman who originated the geisha girl: she is said to be the first one who served dance entertainment to a party site. In the first half of this performance, you put on a long-hem kimono with a sash bound in maiko (=younger geisha) style. Chou-Ken, a light kimono coat is added on the kimono. Plus the ponytail wig with flower-shape accessories, a golden cap and a sword hung around the waist, it weighs approximately five kilograms …
That means a stage performance is the best exercise for a dancer.
Japanese Dance
StandardKiku-no-e, Mei-Shun
Interested in Kimono? Or Japanese Dance? Let’s share it with Mei-Shun.
Seven years have passed since she started Japanese dance. It joined her cat and piano, making long-dreamed life with music and dance come true, at the middle point (?) of her journey.
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