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Trend Board, Japanese Traditional Clothing, Heian Era, Japanese Costume, Heian Period, Japanese History, Japan Culture, Japanese Outfits, Japanese Kimono

Reference images to show what junihitoe look like. (And yes, I know that they weren't called kimono then, that kosode were undergarments, etc. The gallery name is for convenience.) Basically, this is for me (and possibly others) to flip through for reference when making reproductions, or drawing Heian-jidai scenes, for accuracy. I've tried to fave some photo refs of "mo" for this, since it's hard to find good mo images. @_@ Apparently some of them use "gradient" sorts of dyes, so not all…

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Shimogamo Shrine, Woodland Landscape, The Kimono Gallery, Kimono Gallery, Japanese Shrine, Shrine Maiden, Shinto Shrine, Body Outfit, Japanese Dress

Shimogamo Jinja, located in Kyoto, is an ancient Shinto shrine that pre-dates Kyoto's establishment as Japan's capital in 794 AD. A place of beautiful and serene woodland landscape and architecture, the shrine had very close connections to the imperial court and it was quite common for imperial princesses to serve as shrine maidens here. This practice died out a long time ago and the shrine maiden featured in the photo is not related to the imperial family. Shimogamo Shrine is home to the…

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These are miko shrine maidens performing a special Shinto Shaden Kagura dance ritual during the annual On-Matsuri festival, a traditional Shinto religious festival held at the Kasuga Wakamiya Shrine in the ancient Japanese city of Nara, Japan. In older days, miko were considered shamans, but today they take on a more lighter role as priestesses or ceremonial duties. Miko Shrine Maiden, Shrine Maiden Outfit, Japanese Shrine Maiden, Miko Priestess, Japanese Priestess, Japanese Rituals, Kasuga Shrine, Matsuri Festival, Shu Qi

Dec. 17, 2009: These are miko shrine maidens performing a special Shinto Shaden Kagura dance ritual during the annual On-Matsuri festival, a traditional Shinto religious festival held at the Kasuga Wakamiya Shrine in the ancient Japanese city of Nara, Japan. In older days, miko were considered shamans, but today they take on a more lighter role as priestesses or ceremonial duties. The traditional miko costume is an elaborate multi layered costumed kimono comprised of a red hakama (long…

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