{"id":11754,"date":"2022-01-15T17:28:16","date_gmt":"2022-01-15T22:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/?p=11754"},"modified":"2022-01-15T17:28:16","modified_gmt":"2022-01-15T22:28:16","slug":"seijin-shiki-2022-ice-princess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2022\/01\/seijin-shiki-2022-ice-princess\/","title":{"rendered":"Seijin Shiki 2022 &#8211; Ice Princess"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coming_of_Age_Day\">Seijin Shiki (Coming of Age Day)<\/a> 2022 was this past Monday, January 10. I should probably have done this outfit back then, but work kicked my butt. Better late than never, right?<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s traditional for young adults who are turning 20 in the coming year to dress up. For young women, this means a beautiful furisode and accessories, and because it takes place in the winter, a fur stole is often used as well. These outfits can vary from subdued to very, very bold, depending on both the location and the personal style of the wearer.<\/p>\n<p>My tastes tend to lead more towards the &#8220;mature&#8221;, which makes sense because I am literally as old as two people celebrating seijin shiki combined would be. So this outfit is more quiet than a lot of options, but I love it nonetheless. I decided to for a wintery, icy pastel coordinate.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-11754 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/seijinshiki2022.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"158\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/seijinshiki2022-158x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/seijinshiki2022-158x300.jpg 158w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/seijinshiki2022-539x1024.jpg 539w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/seijinshiki2022-808x1536.jpg 808w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/seijinshiki2022-79x150.jpg 79w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/seijinshiki2022-600x1140.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/seijinshiki2022.jpg 842w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 158px) 100vw, 158px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/seijinshiki2022-3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"158\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/seijinshiki2022-3-158x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/seijinshiki2022-3-158x300.jpg 158w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/seijinshiki2022-3-539x1024.jpg 539w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/seijinshiki2022-3-808x1536.jpg 808w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/seijinshiki2022-3-79x150.jpg 79w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/seijinshiki2022-3-600x1140.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/seijinshiki2022-3.jpg 842w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 158px) 100vw, 158px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/seijinshiki2022-5.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/seijinshiki2022-5-201x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/seijinshiki2022-5-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/seijinshiki2022-5-685x1024.jpg 685w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/seijinshiki2022-5-1028x1536.jpg 1028w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/seijinshiki2022-5-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/seijinshiki2022-5-600x896.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/seijinshiki2022-5.jpg 1071w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/seijinshiki2022-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"158\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/seijinshiki2022-2-158x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/seijinshiki2022-2-158x300.jpg 158w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/seijinshiki2022-2-539x1024.jpg 539w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/seijinshiki2022-2-808x1536.jpg 808w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/seijinshiki2022-2-79x150.jpg 79w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/seijinshiki2022-2-600x1140.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/seijinshiki2022-2.jpg 842w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 158px) 100vw, 158px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/seijinshiki2022-4.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"158\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/seijinshiki2022-4-158x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/seijinshiki2022-4-158x300.jpg 158w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/seijinshiki2022-4-539x1024.jpg 539w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/seijinshiki2022-4-808x1536.jpg 808w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/seijinshiki2022-4-79x150.jpg 79w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/seijinshiki2022-4-600x1140.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/seijinshiki2022-4.jpg 842w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 158px) 100vw, 158px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I went for my well-loved blue and pink kiku furisode. Since pastel blue and pastel pink together make pastel purple, this lilac and silver obi seemed like the perfect complement, along with a purple haneri and obiage. A pink and silver obijime was the finishing touch the outfit needed, a bit of contrast against the obi while still flowing with the subtle pastel vibe of the whole thing.<\/p>\n<p>I did try to make a more dramatic and showy obi musubi, but this particular obi is so soft and floppy it just would not hold a more structural shape. I eventually caved in and just went with a sort of poofy bunko musubi. It&#8217;s not quite what I originally had in mind but I think it worked out alright.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 20%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-11754 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/furisode-5-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/furisode-5-1-125x125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-5754\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-5754'>\n\t\t\t\tBlue Kiku Furisode\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/haneri-35.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/haneri-35-125x125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-7335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/haneri-35-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/haneri-35-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/haneri-35-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-7335'>\n\t\t\t\tLavender Karakusa\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fukuro-29.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fukuro-29-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-11848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fukuro-29-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fukuro-29-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-11848'>\n\t\t\t\tLilac 2-Sided\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/obiage-7.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/obiage-7-125x125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-5808\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-5808'>\n\t\t\t\tLavender Chirimen\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/obijime-31.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/obijime-31-125x125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-7299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/obijime-31-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/obijime-31-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/obijime-31-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-7299'>\n\t\t\t\tPink &#038; Silver\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seijin Shiki (Coming of Age Day) 2022 was this past Monday, January 10. I should probably have done this outfit back then, but work kicked my butt. Better late than never, right? It&#8217;s traditional for young adults who are turning 20 in the coming year to dress up. For young\u2026<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2022\/01\/seijin-shiki-2022-ice-princess\/\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12021,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[376],"tags":[67,926,25,273,149,136,13,40,1219,925,179,70],"class_list":["post-11754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mannequin-coord","tag-blue","tag-coming-of-age-day","tag-furisode","tag-heisei","tag-modern","tag-pastel","tag-pink","tag-purple","tag-seiji-shiji","tag-seijin-no-hi","tag-silver","tag-white"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11754"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12023,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11754\/revisions\/12023"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}