Book Sale!

Sigh.

I'm sure you know how hard it is to sell parts of your collections?

I've recently come to the conclusion that with a baby on the way I will need to let a lot of things go.

I'm not thrilled about it as I've spent years collecting my goodies but basically we don't have the space for them anymore.

So I started with books.

Pretty photo books.

Hard to find, only on YJA books.

just saying....

So get ready for some lovelies!

Right now I'll just be selling them privately through my Flickr and blog accounts to save on fees but if I have trouble moving things I'll list them on eBay.

( I realise some people feel more confident buying on eBay and I totally understand that too so they will eventually be for sale there.)

Of course, there's always Paypal's protection policy should something go wrong ( lost in post etc) but knock on wood that hasn't happened to me yet.

Miyako odori poster.

Is slightly creased but still would look really nice if framed and hung.

$15USD

Katsuno as a maiko magazine cuttings $50USD

Kyoto Hanamachi by Mizobuchi Hiroshi -2002 $20USD

Kyoto Hanamachi by Mizobuchi Hiroshi -2005 $20USD

Kyoto Gion by Hiroshi Mizobuchi-1996 $20USD

One hundred views of maiko and geiko by John Foster- $50USD

Gion Ichisuzu- $45USD

Hannari Gion-Kobu- $40USD

Kyo Maiko--$80USD

Bacchus- $40USD

Magazine of maiko doing her make-up $40USD

Suzuha Playboy magazine- $40USD

The world of geisha by Kyoko Aihara- $20USD

2X KIE magazines ( Kateigaho International Edition) $15USD for both

1950's Japanese magazine and some old ikebana booklets. $15USD for the bundle

The kimono of the geisha diva Ichimaru- $30USD

East wind melts the ice by Liza Dalby- $15USD

Japanese prints by Gabriele Fahr-Becker -$20USD

Madame Sadayakko by Lesley Downer- $15USD

Mineko Sun Edition- $50

All prices are negotiable, will combine postage when possible.

So head over to my Flickr and have a browse. Once I have a hard chat with myself more things will be for sale so make an offer, the worse I can say is "it's not for sale at this point in time" but you never know.

Thanks for looking!

Three Rivers Okiya henshin photos! :)

For the past month or two I have been conversing with a lovely lady name Hasume-san via Flickr as she was buying a beautiful blue ro maiko hikizuri and a uchiwa kanzashi from me.
Hasume-san and Umeka-san belong to the The Three Rivers Okiya in St. Louis, Missouri, US.
The past weekend they attended the Missouri Botanical Garden's 2012 Japanese Festival dressed in all their glory and even met Liza Dalby!!! Ms Dalby even knew of the Three Rivers Okiya and was thrilled to see the girls in kimono :) what an honour!
Hasume-san sent me some photos of Umeka-san wearing the maiko hikizuri, unfortunately I couldn't send the kanzashi in time to arrive for this event, as I would have loved to see them being worn together ( even though the kanzashi would have been the wrong month...  )
Photos!

Umeka-san wearing her new hikizuri! It is amazing to see it being worn, it hardly feels like the same kimono to me :)

Umeka-san again. Her hair looks great! They must have practised a lot because I know from experience that  it is not easy!

Hasume-san and Umeka-san.

With Liza Dalby!

Don't they just look fab?! There are more photos of the event and others Here.

Can't wait to see more of their stuff in the future!