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Okay, first I DID NOT MAKE THIS!

Second, I'd like to formally introduce you all to the new pride and joy of my limited kimono collection (yes, limited, I only actually have 1 other professionally made kimono - I don't really consider the ones I make myself as kimono because I'm still learning what I'm doing).

I recently got paid for a few things and decided to buy myself a graduation present. So, I got something I'd been pining for, for a looooooong time; a geisha's hikizuri. That's right, this baby once belonged to an actual geisha. It'll probably be a while until it comes in the mail, though.

I've been researching the crest trying to find out which okiya this kimono previously belonged to. I've figured out that the crest is tsuta "ivy", but I've yet to discover which okiya the crest belongs to. In my research, however, I have managed to find these on flickr:
[link]
[link]

The first one shows a very junior maiko from behind. She's wearing an obi with the exact same crest on it as the one on my hikizuri. This means she's from the same okiya. The second photo shows the same maiko from the front. This gives me a clear image of her face. So, if I can use her photo to figure out her name, finding her okiya becomes relatively easy. The photo title indicates that she is in fact a Kyoto maiko. By translating the words on the paper lanterns I've discovered that she works in the Miyagawa-cho hanamachi.

If anyone has any information about her it would be greatly appreciated!

Anyways, thank you to a new friend "Cortana" who just commissioned me for a whole lot of kanzashi, I couldn't have afforded this beauty without you! Heh heh, you and me - two addicts supporting each other's habits! XD

And now I can give up ebay and Ichiroya for a good long while. Except when it comes to getting kanzashi supplies. I can't find those anywhere else and those actually earn back their purchase price.

This kimono being worn: [link]

Description
Okay, first I DID NOT MAKE THIS!

Second, I'd like to formally introduce you all to the new pride and joy of my limited kimono collection (yes, limited, I only actually have 1 other professionally made kimono - I don't really consider the ones I make myself as kimono because I'm still learning what I'm doing).

I recently got paid for a few things and decided to buy myself a graduation present. So, I got something I'd been pining for, for a looooooong time; a geisha's hikizuri. That's right, this baby once belonged to an actual geisha. It'll probably be a while until it comes in the mail, though.

I've been researching the crest trying to find out which okiya this kimono previously belonged to. I've figured out that the crest is tsuta "ivy", but I've yet to discover which okiya the crest belongs to. In my research, however, I have managed to find these on flickr:
[link]
[link]

The first one shows a very junior maiko from behind. She's wearing an obi with the exact same crest on it as the one on my hikizuri. This means she's from the same okiya. The second photo shows the same maiko from the front. This gives me a clear image of her face. So, if I can use her photo to figure out her name, finding her okiya becomes relatively easy. The photo title indicates that she is in fact a Kyoto maiko. By translating the words on the paper lanterns I've discovered that she works in the Miyagawa-cho hanamachi.

If anyone has any information about her it would be greatly appreciated!

Anyways, thank you to a new friend "Cortana" who just commissioned me for a whole lot of kanzashi, I couldn't have afforded this beauty without you! Heh heh, you and me - two addicts supporting each other's habits! XD

And now I can give up ebay and Ichiroya for a good long while. Except when it comes to getting kanzashi supplies. I can't find those anywhere else and those actually earn back their purchase price.

This kimono being worn: [link]