Friday, 5 September 2008

着物 + 鉢巻

The national costume of Japan! Kimono litererally means 'thing to wear' (着物). Nowadays women usually wear it for special occassions like weddings or tea ceremonies...or just dress up parties! :)
Don't forget your hachimaki! It is symbol of perservrance and effort by the wearer! The hachimaki usually have some sort of motif (e.g. the Rising Sun). Translates as 'helmet scarf ('鉢巻'), samurai used it to keep their helmet on and absorb perspiration.

That was an interesting history lesson, wasn't it? :)


On Suri
AOHARU_JPN_kimono_kohuku, $0L
Aoharu_SamuraiSword_Hachimaki_Ladies(white), $0L

7 comments:

Auntykuro said...

*laughing*

I'm glad I posted to the free*style notices about this freebie ;)

Suri Christen said...

Thank you for that! It's a pleasure to blog this

Auntykuro said...

I enjoyed the history lesson too !

Ashia Tomsen said...

*emos*
I never get my group notices bah. *kicks Linden Labs in the tender bits*
Great find Ach!! Lovely post Suri!

Suri Christen said...

Thank you Ashia dear...no wonder the lag id f-ing with us..because u kicked the Lindens in the tender bits!

Miu Elfan said...

Love your posts!

Suri Christen said...

Hai Hai Miu!!! x x x