It has been such a long time since I've had the chance to tell you about the events of the karyukai. It doesn't mean that nothing has happened, but that I have been really busy while working and being a geisha paparazzi. There have been many new faces within the karyukai, new debuts (misedashi) and erikae. It is wonderful to see the flower and willow world busy and alive!
Today I had to work a little longer than expected, but as I got home, I quickly changed my outfit and rushed to Blue Lotus hanamachi for a misedashi, or a debut, where I'd been invited. I was indeed a little late, but I still had enough time to take a few hundred pictures!
Maikosan Teruyo, whose misedashi it was, performed a dance from the piece Fuji Musume, or Wisteria Maiden. She really looked very beautiful and her dancing was very graceful.
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| Some pictures of maikosan Teruyo dancing Fuji Musume |
What I enjoy the most in taking pictures during performances are the different "poses" the dancer makes while performing the piece. Here are some of my favourites from Teruyo-san's Fuji Musume:
In the beginning of the dance she wore the purple kimono (shown on the left) and then changed into the red/purple kimono (in the middle and on the right)
Here are other very beautiful "poses":
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| The atmosphere in this picture is very mysterious, and the way the dancer is laying on the stage is beautiful! |
Then, after performing the Fuji Musume, Teruyo-san changed into a full misedashi outfit. I went crazy and took so many pictures that it took me two hours to choose the best ones for the blog!
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| Maikosan Teruyo bowing humbly after her misedashi performance |
After the performance we went outside and I took some more pictures of Teruyo-san outside. All the guests enjoyed some sweets and congratulated the new maikosan.
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The misedashi of maikosan Teruyo
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I also snapped some pictures of her outfit:
Misedashi and erikae are better than christmas for a paparazzi like me. There are always other maiko and geiko of the okiya (and other okiyas, too) present and dressed up beautifully! I took some pictures of the other maiko and geiko:
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| Maikosan Terifuji |
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| Geikosan Teruha |
And the last, but definitely not least, picture; I took a japanese newspaper -styled misedashi picture of Teruyo-san. Omisedashi ometedou gozaimasu!
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| Misedashi of maikosan Teruyo of Blue Lotus 2014 |
