{"id":11110,"date":"2020-04-14T18:16:32","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T22:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/?p=11110"},"modified":"2020-04-14T18:16:32","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T22:16:32","slug":"l-is-for-layers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2020\/04\/l-is-for-layers\/","title":{"rendered":"L is for Layers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Layers, one thickness, course, or fold laid or lying over or under another<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Today was a finicky one, since there is no L<\/strong><\/em> letter or phoneme in Japanese – loanwords from other languages such as English will typically use ru-<\/em> or ra-<\/em> syllables instead. So obviously I couldn’t use a traditional motif or technique for this entry. Instead, I decided to run with a relatively mundane English word. Layers. Lots of lovely layers!<\/p>\n

The concept of layering one kimono over another is definitely nothing new. Think back to my entry about junihitoe<\/a> from a few days ago! As recently as the Taisho era, it was common for formal kimono to come as a kasane set, including two or three layers of matching kimono in coordinating colours. Even after these were deemed too heavy and impractical, it was trendy to use a dounuki, which was somewhere between a kimono and a juban, to give the illusion of multiple layers.<\/p>\n

I bought this kimono way back in the early autumn, before the whole flood nonsense, but I’d just never had the occasion to do anything with it until now. But I knew it would be gorgeous with a peek of bright golden yellow peeking out at the collar, sleeves, and hem, so out it came.<\/p>\n\n\t\t