Books for sale!

I have sooooooo many books.
I love books, so its not a surprise.
I've gone through my box of books and came out the other side with this massive pile.
Most are Maiko photos books, some are kimono, nihongami and kabuki booklets.

First up, Nihongami Books:

Top Left: Tayu/Oiran hairstyles-$ 100 OBO
Very nice photo book. Is an ex-library book I think? The cover is a bit scuffed but still good condition. I haven't seen this book for sale very often.

Right: Nihongami modern hairstyles mook-$40 OBO
Really nice photos and step-by-step explanation of how to make the hairstyles.
Has many different hairstyles shown, I only photographed a few.
Cover is a bit scuffed but still very good condition.

Bottom left: Maiko hairstyles,dressing and makeup. $80 OBO.
Really good instructional book.

KIE Magazines:

Kateigaho International Edition X4:

$15 each or $45 for all four.
All in good condition, covers might have some general wear but good condition otherwise.

All text is in Japanese books:

 $15 for all of them
All of these books are all Japanese with some photos but its mainly text.

Maiko photobooks:

Top row:
*Kimika and Kimiharu "won't you become a maiko" book-$15.
* Nihongami reference book-$15.
All in Japanese but has many of the popual hairstyles of the past.
*Kyoto Gion photobook-$20, lots of nice photos.

Bottom row:
*Kyoto maiko book-$15, pretty photos.
*Katsuno's guide to Kyoto? -$35 lots of nice pictures of Katsuno in beautiful kimono in different resturants and shops around Kyoto. Cover is a bit damaged and loose.
*Another maiko photobook-$15
*yet another maiko photobook-$15.

Sorry I don't actually know the names of some of the books but basically they just have pretty pictures in them.
Will do discounts for mulitple buys.

Top row:
* Kyoto Hanamachi books, both 2002 and 2005. $30 for the pair.

Bottom row:
*Gion Ichisuzu-$40.
Very nice photos.
*Dancers of Gion-Kobu-$40
Again a nice photobook.

Geisha books:

*Liza Dalby " The Tale of Murasaki" -$10.
In used condition.
* Sato Masuda "Autobiography of a geisha" -$10.
In used condition.
* Liza Crihfield "Ko-uta, little songs of the Geisha world"
Hard cover with dust jacket. $30.

Kimono books:

Clockwise:
* Japanese kimono designs-$5
*Furisode catalouge-$5
*Kimono by Sophie Milenovich-$20

Kabuki booklets:

$5 each for the Kabuki booklets.
$30 for the 1950's maiko magazine.
All are quite old so there will be some stains, rips and general wear.

$5 each.
All are quite old so there will be some stains, rips and general wear.

There was a lot more than I thought! Hopefully something here interests you, pop over and have a look at the detail photos in my For Sale folder and contact me if you would like something :)

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!

Yet more odori uploads

These are my last uploads for a while: as I'm all square on the scanning front, no more to do!
Until my others arrive from Noppin that is....

Anyway:

Kyo odori:

1952 Kyo

1955 Kyo

1958 Kyo

1929 Kamogawa

1961 Miyako

1964 Miyako

Done!

Gion odori time! (祇園をどり)

So Gion Higashi (East Gion) isn't as large/popular as Gion Kobu, why I don't know. Gion Higashi is a Hanamachi (flower town) that there isn't much information about, past and present.
I only have a few Gion Odori programs in my collection as I don't see them for sale very often.
Today I'm uploading some early Gion odori:

7th Gion odori-1961
8th Gion odori-1962
11th Gion odori-1965
24th Gion odori-1980

Here is the folder with all my other Gion odori programs, enjoy!