Thursday 7 May 2009

Busy day


Day kicked off with a request out of the blue from Tarski san. Wanted to know my training/skills. 7 months to become a geisha or me. Surprised when I said Haiku was my speciality. Requested a trip off-site that I went along with. Gave some sample haiku. Then requested a tea ceremony. Did the full version. Then danced while Tarski san played shakuhachi. (See picture). Tarski san gave me a gift he'd made, a 58 prim jade tiger. And a good tip. Paid the tip to the Okiya tip board. Tarski san wanted to talk about being a danna. I suggested he talk to okaasan. Quite a responsibility! Opened the tea house at 2 a.m. no one. Okaasan opened at 4 a.m. and played the shamisen while telling information about early geisha. 2 patrons including mojito san. Mojito san had found out that notecard maximum size is 64k. Urgent request from Jael chan for performers for the 2 p.m. show. Open theme, light kimono. Another request to run a fishing contest at the weekend for an event a couple of girls are running. Can do. Suggested 250$L as a prize. Show in the evening went swimmingly, though it started at 2:30. I did the German story about a mouse, bird, and sausage! Moral is don't mess with things that are in harmony. HP chan did the music. Some sample pictures on the Second Hanamachi site e.g. http://secondhanamachi.ning.com/photo/little-yoshiwara-performance-5?context=latest
And has some stories to look at tomorrow. HP chan was looking for kimono part names. Got them from wikipedia for her.
Parts of a woman's kimono are:

Doura upper lining

Eri 衿 collar

Fuki hem guard

Furi sleeve below the armhole

Maemigoro 前身頃 front main panel

Miyatsukuchi opening under the sleeve

Okumi 衽 front inside panel

Sode 袖 sleeve

Sodeguchi 袖口 sleeve opening

Sodetsuke 袖付 kimono armhole

Susomawashi 裾回し lower lining

Tamoto 袂 sleeve pouch

Tomoeri 共衿 over collar

Uraeri 裏襟 inner collar

Ushiromigoro back main section

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