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Gion's Hassaku "Uniform": 祇園の八朔の正装

Kosen emerges from a narrow, covered alleyway as she returns to her okiya.


Kotoha and Yasuha headed back to their okiya after a long morning of visits beneath the brutal summer sun.


Kosen and Koyuki slip through a noren, carefully stepping into the street with her black laquered okobo. Kosen wears the typical susuki kanzashi ( Japanese Pampas Grass hair ornament).

While many maiko wear kanzashi (hair ornaments) based on summer grasses, Mameteru wears a rare asagao, or Morning Glory, perfectly complimenting the flowery theme of her kimono.


Teruyuki also wears the asagao, but as a senior maiko her hair is ornamented with only a single, large blossom.

Kotoha wears another rare kanzashi.

Mameteru lifts a festive noren as she leaves a teahouse.

Because it is a very formal occasion, maiko leave three tapered prongs of skin bare on their painted white necks, as opposed to the usual two. This is called sanbonashi, or "three legs". Lower ranking maiko wear their hair in the wareshinobu style, characterized by the mage, or top knot, woven through with a peice of silk and topped with a special ornament called a kanko dome.

Senior maiko wear the Yakko Shimada hairstyle.

The difference is easily observable, as seen above.

The shimmering silver kanzsahi sparkle in the sunlight.

It just gets worse and worse for Britney Spears

Poor Brit Brit, she was charged today with hit and run after an incident in August where she hit a parked car and then drove off without leaving a note even though the whole event was caught on film by paparazzi! She was also charged with driving without a valid California license! Apparently Britney has NEVER been issued a California license...um...whooops...

Each charge can carry a maximum penalty of 6 MONTHS IN PRISON! Meaning a possible total of a year in jail for Britney! It is pretty unlikely however that she will serve jail time.

A hearing is set for October 10th.

Oh Britney, what are you going to do now? Probably go out and party at Hyde and then go shopping at Kitson? Because that really is the solution to all the problems you are facing...getting wrecked and then buying some cute new pumps. Honestly I'm just waiting for things to get worse for her... pretty soon someone is going to come forward and charge Britney with causing the Holocaust and killing baby seals for fun.

Seven Samurai ： 七人の侍

Remember how I said this would be the next movie I saw? That was before I found out that Seven Samurai was playing at the Cleveland Institute of Art's Cinematheque . I've been wanting to see it for ages, and the chance to see it on the big screen was just too much for me to bear!

Could they be any cooler? Maybe... If they were Shinigami! (^_<)

This is a great review of the movie.

The archetypal action film, Seven Samurai is also one of the richest works to ever be committed to celluloid. Each of its characters is extraordinarily realized; each has his or her own arc, his or her own vital part to play in the film's slow progression towards its dramatic finale. Kurosawa put the film together using an exceeding degree of artistry; each and every shot, each action sequence, is exquisitely composed; and yet none seems contrived or out-of-place within the overall fabric of the work. Everything is beautifully conceived and in focus, both literally and figuratively.

When watching Seven Samurai, movie lovers will immediately recognize that several of its key elements can be readily detected in countless similar films made during the last half-century. The audition scenes, in which several samurai are recruited for the difficult task of defending a farming town from a group of bandits, strikes a particularly familiar chord, as do those showing the samurai training the lowly villagers to fight and use weapons. Indeed, the theme of a highly experienced group of "tough guys" taking up the cause of the disenfranchised has become something of an action film cliche, portions of which echo throughout the American western, as well as its progeny (think The Dirty Dozen, The Road Warrior or even television's The A Team).

What really stands out in Seven Samurai are its characters. They run the gamut, from elder teacher to hopeful youth, stoic warrior to undisciplined brigand. Kurosawa even finds room for a youthful romance, not to mention the mix of poor and beleaguered townspeople he depicts within the setting of the town. Perhaps its no wonder the enemy bandits are virtually faceless-- there is so much conflict and passion present within the group of protagonists, the villains need not be more than a vague threat.

Through it all Kurosawa never forgets who these people are and where they stand in comparison to one another. Obviously, the samurai are samurai, while the townspeople are merely peasants, lacking even in funds to pay their noble defenders... The film thus wraps a a portrait of class conflict in a cloak of solidarity. The samurai unite to defend the poor peasants, but the ending is not exactly happy for them. Nor are the peasants completely honorable. We learn, for instance, that they have in the past murdered defeated samurai and looted their bodies, and it becomes apparent late in the film that their claims of poverty are perhaps not as truthful as at first seemed apparent.

So why do the samurai defend them so valiantly? For honor? For love of adventure? The answer to this question is left intentionally vague; it is up to each viewer to draw his or her own conclusions. It is to the film's credit that it forces such questions upon us while never allowing them to cause the motivations of its characters to seem untrue...

Hassaku in Gion : Continued! 祇園の八朔

A smiling Suzuha, Gion's most successful geiko. Yes, that's right! More images from Hassaku, my final day in Kyoto, with the promise of still more images to come. What can I say? I am a picture-taking machine! (^_<)

What makes Hassaku so special? Most people would say it's the special sort of "uniform" many maiko and geiko wear for the occasion: Formal black, silk gauze kimono adorned with the family crest of their respective okiya. It is possible, however, to see many senior geiko dressed in lovely, subtley colorful kimono looking every bit as beautiful making their Hassaku visits.


Why? It's true that independent geiko own all of their own kimono, but before earning their indepen- dence, they rely on the collection of the okiya. Since these special silk gauze kimono can only be worn once a year, even independent geiko choose to rent them from the okiya.

In some okiya, however, there are many maiko and geiko. When a large family of maiko and geiko must make their Hassaku greetings together, there may not be enough of these special kimono for them all. In these cases, the most senior geiko gives up her claim on the kimono so that one of her juniors may wear it.

A large family of maiko, led by the geiko Takamaru. The senior maiko, Takahiro (left), holds the umbrella for her big sister as the two youngest maiko wait respectfully. A Shikomi, a young girl "in training" to make her debut as a maiko, closes the door behind them.

In order of rank, from geiko (right) to shikomi (left), the family bows to show their respect. The lower the rank, the deeper the bow.

Having paid their respects, Takamaru leads the girls to their next stop


Another lovely smile: Takamaru.

BRITNEY SPEARS JUST NEEDS FELICIA BACK!

I don't want to alarm anyone but I just might have figured out the solution to the problem that is plaguing us all. No, not how to diminish the horrific pollution rates of Western countries...How Britney can get back on track! You know that she just needs her old assistant Felicia Culotta back in her life! Just look at the photo above, Britney's gleeful smile as she jokes around with Felicia's raven locks. God I miss Felicia. Whenever I used to watch shows about Britney I would just wait for the moment that Felicia would appear and offer Britney some grits or ask if Britney could do her hair. Felicia kept that girl in check, she deserves a medal, or at least her own TV show. I think I might actually be more interested in seeing Felicia make a comeback rather than Britney....

Felicia wrote a letter a while back to the owner of worldofbritney.com detailing how she felt about Britney's situation..I wonder how she would feel now?

Ruben,

Once again–I commend you for your Honesty and Integrity. I have been reading your new website daily and am grateful to have that to go to, to check on the antics of Britney. Britney doesn’t have a Publicist for me to clear this thru first, so it will come directly from my heart to you!
I am writing in response to “Where is Felicia?” on your editorial.I am home–in Mississippi…….I am now a trained Corporate Flight Attendant and fly with a tiny jet company out of Georgia. I am also a substitute Preschool Teacher at the Church Preschool in my town. I LOVED being with Britney for the past 9 1/2 years. I enjoyed being a part of HER dream, but now, am living my own dream.
I cherish ALL the incredible opportunities that came my way thru my job with Britney and am crushed/saddened/heart sick by the way her life is unfolding…….
I want you to know Ruben that WE (as in her Family and nearest and dearest—ALL of whom are NOT on the payroll anymore!!) are doing EVERYTHING in our power to get help for Britney and all in our power to NOT pad the bottom or move the bottom, so when she does indeed hit rock bottom, she’ll stand up and walk away from this whole fiasco a new, confident, changed, career driven Britney like we all knew and loved.
There’s just so much you can do to help a person—I don’t dare want to be an enabler, and I cannot love her enough for the both of us. I cannot convince her in ANY way to love herself. All I can do is be a friend, someone that loved her for MANY years unconditionally, and PRAY. That, I have decided is the most and best I can do for my friend. I cannot save her from herself, nor can I commit her to any type of treatment program against her wishes and will. I am throwing my hands up and realizing that I am helpless over another—ANYONE!
It’s been a hard reality for me to face. I have lived my best example daily, and that is ALL I’m capable of. To see what’s transpiring now, makes me feel a failure, defeated. I LOVED and BELIEVED in what I was a part of for the past 10 years and was so incredibly proud of Britney and all she’d become.
All that to say this Ruben–I’m so Southern, and the BEST way for me to tell you how I feel is to say—You can just kick an old Dog so many times before he gets off the porch. I, FELICIA, am OFF the porch!!
Thank you for ALL you’ve done–ALL the love and support over the years. ALL the non-judgement and ALL the Honesty!
PLEASE let me know if there’s ANYTHING I can do to repay your kindness. With as much sincerity as I can Muster,
—FE

My god she is SO NICE! My love for her just keeps growing! Anyway, FELICIA IF YOU ARE READING THIS, BRITNEY NEEDS YOU! WE ALL NEED YOU!

Just to refresh your memory, here is another picture of Britney and Felicia in the good old days, although at this point Britney was probably already trying to get high by sniffing cleaning products while Felicia baked a pie and read to orpans in the next room.



My god I love her.

Am I the ONLY one who still likes Britney Spears?

With all the controversy surrounding Britney Spears I thought it high time that I came out of hiding and breathed some life back into my blog.

To recap: Britney gave a poor performance at the VMAs, has been dropped by her lawyer and manager and is still embrolied in a legal battle over the custody of her two sons with her ex husband, Kevin Federline. Which is all pretty crap.

Today it was revealed that the judge in the court case between Britney and Kevin stated that 'based on the evidence presented, the Court finds that there is a habitual, frequent, and continuous use of controlled substances by Petitioner [Britney Spears].' Britney will now be required to be tested for drugs and alcohol twice weekly at on random dates at random times. For now the judge has left the custody of Sean and Jayden at 50/50 but both Britney and Kevin will be required to adhere to certain rules:

-Britney and Kevin cannot make derogatory statements about eachother or eachothers families in public.

-Noone is permitted to use corporal punishment against the children.

-Britney and Kevin must complete a 'Parenting without conflict' program and attend joint counselling.

-Neither Britney nor Kevin can take the children out of the state without the written permission of the other parent.

-Neither Britney nor Kevin may consume alcohol or drugs 12 hours prior to or during custody of the children.

-In addition Britney must attend individual counselling and parenting classes.

So, it pretty much sucks to be Britney right now. To be honest I am really shocked at all the venom being spouted by the media and former Britney fans. While I CONSTANTLY make fun of celebrities I try to do so with my tongue firmly in cheek and never with the intention of hurting anyone (except maybe Sienna Miller) but a lot of the things I read about Britney are clearly written with the intention of dragging down someone who is clearly already at rock bottom.

I genuinely still hope that old 'Slave 4 u' Brit can make a comeback...hell, I would even settle for 'gas-station-using-without-any-footwear' Britney! But for now it seems like she seriously needs to concentrate on getting her life together for her own sake and the sake of her kids.

Hassaku in Gion : Geiko 祇園の八朔

Sayako


The famous Suzuha


Terukoma


Mamechika


Maori