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The first maiko kanzashi of 2023 is here! One of the most unique designs of the Komaya okiya, it was worn by maiko Toshinaho of the Komaya house in Miyagawacho a little over a year ago.

I wanted to start my new journey into maiko kanzashi with something relatively simple but striking. My choice of this piece was a quick one. I fell in love with the design when I saw it on Instagram.

The kanzashi is relatively simplistic, with few elements. The leaves are made with two tones of green silk, and for the flowers I used a soft yellow-orange silk with silver thread woven into it. While not in the original design, I found this silk not only the perfect colour but the silver complimenting the silver wires of the leaves. I've also made the decorative wires from scratch using silver Nishijin embroidery thread.

You probably wonder at this point why I haven't told you the motif of the kaznashi. The answer is I'm still a bit conflicted as to what it represents, though I have a very good guess. Read more about my idea for the identity for this motif on my blog -> wisteriagardensstudio.wordpres…

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The first maiko kanzashi of 2023 is here! One of the most unique designs of the Komaya okiya, it was worn by maiko Toshinaho of the Komaya house in Miyagawacho a little over a year ago.

I wanted to start my new journey into maiko kanzashi with something relatively simple but striking. My choice of this piece was a quick one. I fell in love with the design when I saw it on Instagram.

The kanzashi is relatively simplistic, with few elements. The leaves are made with two tones of green silk, and for the flowers I used a soft yellow-orange silk with silver thread woven into it. While not in the original design, I found this silk not only the perfect colour but the silver complimenting the silver wires of the leaves. I've also made the decorative wires from scratch using silver Nishijin embroidery thread.

You probably wonder at this point why I haven't told you the motif of the kaznashi. The answer is I'm still a bit conflicted as to what it represents, though I have a very good guess. Read more about my idea for the identity for this motif on my blog -> wisteriagardensstudio.wordpres…