Maiougi - Odori Hikizuri

Maiougi (舞扇) - dance fans
... with sensu (semicircular fans), ougi (folding fan),
fuji (wisteria) and sakura (cherry blossom)

Kanbai - Taishou Era Kurotomesode

Kanbai (観梅) - Plum blossom viewing
... with senmen (paper centres of folding fans), gosho guruma (royal cart), momiji (maple),
kiku (chrysanthemum), shippou (interlocking circles), kikkou (hexagonal, honeycomb tortoiseshell), eda-ume (plum on the branch) and maru mon (large designs in circles)


Yū yake - Kurotomesode

Yū yake (夕焼け) - sunset
... with tsuru (crane), eda ume (plum on the branch), ayame (iris), hagi (bush clover),
kikyo (bellflower) and kiku (chrysanthemum) on toyama (mountain) and ryusui (flowing water)


Fuyubi - Kurotomesode

Fuyubi (冬日) - Winter sun
... with kiku (chrysanthemum), momiji (maple), ayame (iris), ume (plum blossom), kikyo (bellflower), sasa (bamboo), fuji (wisteria), seigaiha (semicircular repeated wave), shippou (interlocking circles), kikkou (hexagonal, honeycomb tortoiseshell) and botan (peony) on noshi (paper strips) surrounded by kumihimo (cords)


Senko fumetsu - Kurotomesode

Senko fumetsu (千古不滅) - Immortality
... with houou (phoenix), momiji (maple), botan (peony), kasamatsu (dense pine branch, 'mushroom' shaped), ume (plum blossom), hagi (bush clover and kiku (chrysanthemum)


Hana matsuri - Ooburisode

Hana matsuri (花祭り) - Flower festival
... with hana guruma (flower cart), peony (botan), sakura (cherry blossoms), fuji (wisteria), ayame (iris), nadeshiko (dianthus/pinks), kiku (chrysanthemum), kikyou (bellflower) and hagi (bushclover)


Kinkou - Chuburisode

Kinkou (金光) - Golden light
... with ougi (folding fan), maru mon (large designs in circles), chou (butterfly), kiku (chrysanthemum), botan (peony), momiji (maple), fuji (wisteria), kiri (paulownia), kikyo (bellflower), himawari (sunflower), tachibana (mandarin orange), kasumi (misty cloud), ran (orchid with long, narrow spike shaped petals), matsu (pine) and eda-ume (plum on the branch)


Hakubai - Tsukesage

Hakubai (白梅) - White plum
... with eda-ume (plum on the branch), botan (peony), senmen (paper centres of folding fans),
ougi (folding fans) and kumihimo (cords)



Harukaze - Tsukesage

Harukaze (春風) - Spring air
... with botan (peony)



Haruhi - Tsukesage

Haruhi (春日) - Spring day
... with botan (peony)


Kyonen no kugatsu ni - Tsukesage

Kyonen no kugatsu ni (去年の九月に) - last September
... with cattleya (orchid)


Murasaki senmen - Komon

Murasaki senmen (紫色扇面) - Purple senmen
... with botan (peony), senmen (paper centres of folding fans),
tachibana (mandarin orange), seigaiha (semicircular repeated wave)















Taishou Maru-Obi with sensu (semicircular fans), ougi (folding fan),
ume (plum blossom), kiku (chrysanthemum),
aranami (wild wave) and more ...

Taishou era: 1912-1926