Odori and random maiko postcards and posters sale

Yeah, I'm still sorting through stuff.

I had honestly been debating for the past year or so whether to sell my odori collection, but chances of finding someone who would want them is a bit slim.

But if you are interested I have all the Kitano odori I've collected for sale, my outside of Kyoto odori, Miyako-no-nigiwai odori, Onshukai ( autumn dance for Gion Kobu) and vintage booklets for pre-ww2 Miyako and Kamogawa odori.
Plus some pretty postcards, the 1968 calendar featuring Mineko Iwasaki, I've also got 4 Miyako Odori featuring her as well and some lovely maiko posters that I've personally not seen elsewhere.

I've got them put up on my Flickr again and a few things I've put up on Etsy and/or Ebay.
I'll link them under each photo and whichever avenue you'd prefer to use,cool.

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There's some other things in my sales folder that I haven't put here so have a look over there if you're interested.

Yukata Time!

Hello again :)

Its been quite a while since I've worn kimono... Last time was when I was doing the Hogwarts Houses themed kitsuke and I had a terrible time being a Ravenclaw one day....
Anyway, its summer here in Australia and we've had a few really hot weeks ( there's lots of bushfires going around at the moment) but at least its cooled down a bit now so the other day I thought it'd be a good time to throw on a yukata.
Now I only have three yukata in my whole collection as I was silly and didn't start with yukata when I first got into kimono...
So here is my first ever yukata: Oh and its wrinkled, I didn't think to give it a quick iron before wearing it...

The mauve of the obi doesn't really match with the purple on the yukata but close enough. Really happy with how my obi turned out! Usually I can't make a chou-chou even but I must've lucked out this time  :p

Also a super quick photo of the Pampass grass kanzashi I managed to buy from Ichiroya when they had a massive sale on maiko kanzashi a few months ago.

Finally! I've been wanting this kanzashi since I first got into kimono/kanzashi way back in 2008.

It's not in the best of conditions but I'm very, very happy to have it either way. Unfortunately I missed out on buying a bridge part to make it a set :( 

I also missed out on buying a uchiwa kanzashi bridge to make a set from that too.

And I would love a wisteria set! The rest I could honestly make myself I could be bothered lol.

Oh well, Maybe next time :)

Umm, I've also uploaded two Nagoya odori programs:

Nagoya-2nd Naka Kyo Gion Odori-1961

Nagoya-3rd Naka Kyo Gion Odori-1962

Very interesting as I wasn't sure what these actually were, I thought they were Goin odori (from Gion Higashi in Kyoto) but a few Flickr members set me straight :)

There's also some maiko hikizuri on YJA at the moment:

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They all seem to be quite damaged so I don't know if they were used in henshin...

There was also this hikizuri which has already sold:

From the same seller, also with a lot of damages but the auction still ended for 34,270yen!!!

I was going to have a bid around the 10,000 yen mark but I've been working a lot recently and I flat out forgot to bid before going to bed!

I've nearly finished sewing my maiko hikizuri too! 

I just need to add a strip of fabric at the under arm openings and its done!

More goodies for sale :)

I'm sure most of you are getting bored with me posting only about selling stuff but I am finding new homes for things, so soon I'll take a break from selling.

I sold 7 things last week! That's great!
 I sold the Marumage wig :) that made its way over to Western Australia to its new home.
A few obi I sold to a lady also in Victoria and I even sold an obi to a lady in Bendigo (!) who was giving it to an elderly Japanese friend for Christmas, Awww! I think that's so sweet :)
And a few geta are going over to Westerna Australia as well.

Ok this week I have:

Geta:

*Clear varnish wooden geta with blue and white hanao

*Black painted geta with red hanao

*Plain wooden geta with gold and black hanao.

Kimono:

* Sky blue iro-tomesode with wisteria design

*Pruple komon with hexagon design

* Shiromuko

*Meiji era girls furisode

Obi:

*Red and black hakata obi

*Brown and white stripe with swirl detail

*Ro fukuro obi with water wheel.

Please have a look at them in My eBay :)

In the next few weeks I might start on scanning more odori programs as I'll be receiving them soon.

Hopefully I'll be sharing with you my latest sewing project soon... Its only taken me a week... and two years!

Yet more stuff for sale!

I'm slowly selling some things but there's still more to go.

A few of the things up for auction have been listed before, a few things are new.

Ok so obi: 

* Black nagoya obi, summer fabric, featuring silver clouds and pine trees.

*Brown/purple nagoya obi with woven kiku.

*Hanhaba obi with colourful stripes and woven nandina.

* Hanhaba obi of woven red fabric.

* Navy nagoya obi with simple kiku design.

*Blue nagoya obi of ro fabric, features hagi, kikyo.

*Mulit colour stipred obi.

*Hanhaba black and red hataka obi.

Geta: Only shipping to Australia as I'm not sure about sending wood overseas.

*Plain wood geta, yellow hanao.

*Red and black geta with red hanao.

*Plain wood geta with black and gold hanao.

I know these aren't kimono related but...

Shoes:

*Summery wedges with slingback, sz 8.

* Funky black and blue heels with flower, sz 8.

*Silver slingbacks with bows, sz 8.

Katsura! Again only going to ship these in Australia, International postage would be very expensive...

If you are interested please contact me but I have only listed them in AU.

* Marumage style katsura with sakura kanzashi and box.

* Unstyled katsura with box.

*Shiromuko with royal cart and other auspicious motifs. 

All are reasonably priced, not looking to make any profit, just want some space back!

Please have a look at my eBay auctions :) 

Obi selling on ebay!

Hanabishi girls obi

Mulit colour stripe obi

Thin stripe obi with white detail

Black and red hakata hanhaba obi

Egyptian themed obi bolt

Wine coloured obi bolt with silver kiku

Mustard Hanhaba obi

That's all for now, hopefully they all get sold, or most of them at least :)