{"id":43,"date":"2009-09-12T18:38:37","date_gmt":"2009-09-12T22:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/?p=43"},"modified":"2018-11-30T17:38:39","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T22:38:39","slug":"slaying-my-white-whale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/slaying-my-white-whale\/","title":{"rendered":"Slaying my White Whale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I mentioned my &#8220;white whale&#8221; komon in <a href=\"http:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/?p=25\">this entry<\/a>, and earlier this week the obi I&#8217;d purchased specifically with it in mind arrived. Today the weather was nice and I finally had some time to pull together an outfit, and I am <strong>thrilled<\/strong> with how it all came together.<\/p>\n<p>I combined the busy arabesque komon with a nearly-solid obi with a bit of simple kinkoma embroidery in gold, tabi in a similar shade of eggplant, a goldish yellow haneri, and a yellow shibori obiage and matching yellow obiage with hakata details. As a final touch, I added one of my precious treasures, an <a href=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2010\/02\/aikoku-fujinkai-obidome\/\">obidome that was awarded to the Aikoku Fujinkai<\/a> (patriotic women&#8217;s association) sometime before WWII. I will be writing an entry about this item itself in the future, when I&#8217;ve collected more information.<\/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: 50%;\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-43 gallery-columns-2 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\/2018\/11\/arabesque-komon-and-aubergine-nagoya-obi_3913897720_o.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/arabesque-komon-and-aubergine-nagoya-obi_3913897720_o-223x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/arabesque-komon-and-aubergine-nagoya-obi_3913897720_o-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/arabesque-komon-and-aubergine-nagoya-obi_3913897720_o-600x808.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/arabesque-komon-and-aubergine-nagoya-obi_3913897720_o-760x1024.jpg 760w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/arabesque-komon-and-aubergine-nagoya-obi_3913897720_o-111x150.jpg 111w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/arabesque-komon-and-aubergine-nagoya-obi_3913897720_o.jpg 1114w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/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\/2018\/11\/arabesque-komon-and-aubergine-nagoya-obi_3913896476_o.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/arabesque-komon-and-aubergine-nagoya-obi_3913896476_o-201x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/arabesque-komon-and-aubergine-nagoya-obi_3913896476_o-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/arabesque-komon-and-aubergine-nagoya-obi_3913896476_o-600x894.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/arabesque-komon-and-aubergine-nagoya-obi_3913896476_o-687x1024.jpg 687w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/arabesque-komon-and-aubergine-nagoya-obi_3913896476_o-101x150.jpg 101w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/arabesque-komon-and-aubergine-nagoya-obi_3913896476_o.jpg 1007w\" 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\/2018\/11\/arabesque-komon-and-aubergine-nagoya-obi_3913894158_o.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/arabesque-komon-and-aubergine-nagoya-obi_3913894158_o-245x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/arabesque-komon-and-aubergine-nagoya-obi_3913894158_o-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/arabesque-komon-and-aubergine-nagoya-obi_3913894158_o-600x736.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/arabesque-komon-and-aubergine-nagoya-obi_3913894158_o-835x1024.jpg 835w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/arabesque-komon-and-aubergine-nagoya-obi_3913894158_o-122x150.jpg 122w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/arabesque-komon-and-aubergine-nagoya-obi_3913894158_o.jpg 1223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/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\/2018\/11\/arabesque-komon-and-aubergine-nagoya-obi_3913099919_o.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"183\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/arabesque-komon-and-aubergine-nagoya-obi_3913099919_o-183x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/arabesque-komon-and-aubergine-nagoya-obi_3913099919_o-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/arabesque-komon-and-aubergine-nagoya-obi_3913099919_o-600x986.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/arabesque-komon-and-aubergine-nagoya-obi_3913099919_o-623x1024.jpg 623w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/arabesque-komon-and-aubergine-nagoya-obi_3913099919_o-91x150.jpg 91w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/arabesque-komon-and-aubergine-nagoya-obi_3913099919_o.jpg 913w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><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\/11\/arabesque-komon-and-aubergine-nagoya-obi_3913097665_o.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/arabesque-komon-and-aubergine-nagoya-obi_3913097665_o-300x201.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/arabesque-komon-and-aubergine-nagoya-obi_3913097665_o-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/arabesque-komon-and-aubergine-nagoya-obi_3913097665_o-600x403.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/arabesque-komon-and-aubergine-nagoya-obi_3913097665_o-850x571.jpg 850w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/arabesque-komon-and-aubergine-nagoya-obi_3913097665_o-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/arabesque-komon-and-aubergine-nagoya-obi_3913097665_o-223x150.jpg 223w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/arabesque-komon-and-aubergine-nagoya-obi_3913097665_o.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/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\/2018\/11\/arabesque-komon-and-aubergine-nagoya-obi_3913102851_o.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"251\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/arabesque-komon-and-aubergine-nagoya-obi_3913102851_o-251x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/arabesque-komon-and-aubergine-nagoya-obi_3913102851_o-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/arabesque-komon-and-aubergine-nagoya-obi_3913102851_o-600x718.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/arabesque-komon-and-aubergine-nagoya-obi_3913102851_o-850x1017.jpg 850w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/arabesque-komon-and-aubergine-nagoya-obi_3913102851_o-125x150.jpg 125w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/arabesque-komon-and-aubergine-nagoya-obi_3913102851_o.jpg 1254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I look like a doofus in a few of these, but at least I look like a happy doofus!<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Items used in this coordination<\/h4>\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: 16%;\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-43 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\/10\/komon-21.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/komon-21-125x125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-6318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/komon-21-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/komon-21-300x300.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-2-6318'>\n\t\t\t\tBusy Arabesque\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\/02\/nagoya-29.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/nagoya-29-125x125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-6774\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-6774'>\n\t\t\t\tAubergine Kiri\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\/2017\/03\/haneri-12.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/haneri-12-125x125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-3405\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-3405'>\n\t\t\t\tSolid yellow\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-21.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/obiage-21-125x125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-5794\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-5794'>\n\t\t\t\tLemon Yellow 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-54.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/obijime-54-125x125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-7276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/obijime-54-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/obijime-54-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/obijime-54-100x100.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-2-7276'>\n\t\t\t\tYellow Hakata\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\/obidome_aikoku.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/obidome_aikoku-125x125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-5815\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-5815'>\n\t\t\t\tAikoku Fujinkai\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I mentioned my &#8220;white whale&#8221; komon in this entry, and earlier this week the obi I&#8217;d purchased specifically with it in mind arrived. Today the weather was nice and I finally had some time to pull together an outfit, and I am thrilled with how it all came together. I\u2026<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/slaying-my-white-whale\/\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,5,6],"tags":[42,8,44,403,32,404,43,39,40,41],"class_list":["post-43","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-outfits","category-kimono","category-obi","tag-busy","tag-coordination","tag-garden","tag-kimono","tag-komon","tag-obi","tag-obidome","tag-outfit","tag-purple","tag-yellow"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43","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=43"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9508,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43\/revisions\/9508"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}