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Feb
09

Maiko being dressed

wafuku – noun: traditional Japanese clothing

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A Maiko (apprentice geisha/geiko) being dressed in her kimono and obi. Note the large tuck stitched into the outside of the deep kimono sleeve and the shoulders (to suggest a child, whose kimonos often have the size reduced that way) and the high soled geta she wears, both syles denoting a maiko

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Wafuku

This Wafuku blog is about Japanese kimonos, other traditional Japanese clothing and anything else, Japanese or otherwise, that tickles my fancy. Wafuku means traditional Japanese clothing, as opposed to more western-world clothing, which is called yofuku.

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