{"id":14,"date":"2009-08-26T11:42:16","date_gmt":"2009-08-26T15:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/?p=14"},"modified":"2018-11-30T14:56:45","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T19:56:45","slug":"black-vintage-bridal-furisode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/black-vintage-bridal-furisode\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Taisho bridal furisode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is probably one of the jewels of my collection; a black-based, five crested bridal hikizuri. The hem is padded but it is too short for me to wear trailing, so I wear it as a normal furisode. I came across it on eBay and couldn&#8217;t bear to risk getting involved in a bidding war. Thankfully there was a reasonable Buy It Now option so I just went for it.<\/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: 100%;\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-14 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'><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\/03\/furisode-3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"959\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/furisode-3-850x959.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/furisode-3-850x959.jpg 850w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/furisode-3-266x300.jpg 266w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/furisode-3-133x150.jpg 133w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/furisode-3.jpg 1418w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3306'>\n\t\t\t\tTaisho Bridal Furisode\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>It&#8217;s not in the best condition, some of the gold couching is coming off and one of the sleeves was a bit detached when it arrived, but it doesn&#8217;t detract from the overall beauty of the piece. I have fixed the sleeve, and am looking for someone who can fix the couching. The embroidery and details on it are breathtaking. I have never seen such lush, textured needlework before.<\/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: 33%;\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-14 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\/black-vintage-furisode_3460656334_o\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/black-vintage-furisode_3460656334_o-221x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/black-vintage-furisode_3460656334_o-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/black-vintage-furisode_3460656334_o-600x813.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/black-vintage-furisode_3460656334_o-755x1024.jpg 755w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/black-vintage-furisode_3460656334_o-111x150.jpg 111w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/black-vintage-furisode_3460656334_o.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/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\/black-vintage-furisode_3460656976_o\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/black-vintage-furisode_3460656976_o-231x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/black-vintage-furisode_3460656976_o-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/black-vintage-furisode_3460656976_o-600x780.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/black-vintage-furisode_3460656976_o-788x1024.jpg 788w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/black-vintage-furisode_3460656976_o-115x150.jpg 115w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/black-vintage-furisode_3460656976_o.jpg 933w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/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\/black-vintage-furisode_3459836799_o\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"130\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/black-vintage-furisode_3459836799_o-130x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/black-vintage-furisode_3459836799_o-130x300.jpg 130w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/black-vintage-furisode_3459836799_o-600x1381.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/black-vintage-furisode_3459836799_o-445x1024.jpg 445w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/black-vintage-furisode_3459836799_o-65x150.jpg 65w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/black-vintage-furisode_3459836799_o.jpg 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon 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\/><\/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\/black-vintage-furisode_3459837407_o\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"153\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/black-vintage-furisode_3459837407_o-153x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/black-vintage-furisode_3459837407_o-153x300.jpg 153w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/black-vintage-furisode_3459837407_o-600x1176.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/black-vintage-furisode_3459837407_o-522x1024.jpg 522w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/black-vintage-furisode_3459837407_o-77x150.jpg 77w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/black-vintage-furisode_3459837407_o.jpg 799w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 153px) 100vw, 153px\" \/><\/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\/black-vintage-furisode_3460655120_o\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"148\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/black-vintage-furisode_3460655120_o-148x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/black-vintage-furisode_3460655120_o-148x300.jpg 148w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/black-vintage-furisode_3460655120_o-600x1217.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/black-vintage-furisode_3460655120_o-505x1024.jpg 505w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/black-vintage-furisode_3460655120_o-74x150.jpg 74w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/black-vintage-furisode_3460655120_o.jpg 687w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 148px) 100vw, 148px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I chose to pair it up with a green and gold hakata obi and orange and green accessories. I love this outfit. It&#8217;s a shame I do not feel comfortable wearing such an old and delicate piece out, nor do I have anywhere formal enough for it to be appropriate.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Items used in this coordination<\/h4>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .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: 16%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .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-3' class='gallery galleryid-14 gallery-columns-6 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\/03\/furisode-3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/furisode-3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-3306\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-3306'>\n\t\t\t\tTaisho Bridal Furisode\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\/11\/hitoe-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/hitoe-2-125x125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-6382\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-6382'>\n\t\t\t\tEmerald with Gold\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\/03\/haneri-13.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/haneri-13-125x125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-3406\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-3406'>\n\t\t\t\tMixed Cotton\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-17.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/obiage-17-125x125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-5798\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-5798'>\n\t\t\t\tOrange Shibori\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-6-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/obijime-6-1-125x125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-7324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/obijime-6-1-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/obijime-6-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/obijime-6-1-100x100.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-3-7324'>\n\t\t\t\tOrange Furisode\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is probably one of the jewels of my collection; a black-based, five crested bridal hikizuri. The hem is padded but it is too short for me to wear trailing, so I wear it as a normal furisode. I came across it on eBay and couldn&#8217;t bear to risk getting\u2026<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/black-vintage-bridal-furisode\/\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,9,5],"tags":[26,14,25,403,24,29,28,27],"class_list":["post-14","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-catalogue","category-outfits","category-kimono","tag-beige","tag-black","tag-furisode","tag-kimono","tag-kitsuke","tag-showa","tag-taisho","tag-vintage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14","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=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9506,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14\/revisions\/9506"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}