Thursday, December 11, 2008

Japanese umbrellas Mai gasa (Silk)

And umbrella was used many situation.
This is used to dance "mai" 舞.

It is japanese old dance.
Some kind of "kabuki" 歌舞伎.
Woman used to charm man by "mai" with umbrella.

"mai-gasa" is status symbol of "mai" dancer.
Its gorgeosness and beauty are essenntial to charm.

So it is beautiful.






















Japanese umbrella is not only woman's status but also man's status.

If you got Kimono, you should get also "bangasa".

It is very cool!!

Japanese people call the appearance " -- IKI ".

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