{"id":6589,"date":"2018-01-01T18:25:09","date_gmt":"2018-01-01T23:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/?p=6589"},"modified":"2018-11-23T21:22:34","modified_gmt":"2018-11-24T02:22:34","slug":"kits-mas-day-8-sho-chiku-bai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2018\/01\/kits-mas-day-8-sho-chiku-bai\/","title":{"rendered":"Kits-Mas Day 8 – Sho Chiku Bai"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sho Chiku Bai<\/em> (\u677e\u7af9\u6885), or Three Friends of Winter<\/a>, is an auspicious motif comprised of plum, pine, and bamboo. I’d initially wanted to do an ikebana on this theme, but finding flowering plum branches here at this time of year proved utterly impossible. But then I remembered that this beautiful vintage kurotomesode I got recently had it as a motif, along with other bright and auspicious items. I know it hasn’t been long since I coordinated it last<\/a>, but it still felt like the perfect start for today’s outfit.<\/p>\n

I debated doing a simple and traditional coordination with a metallic obi and white accessories, but something felt lacking so I ended up doing a more geisha-styled outfit with the red obiage and then coordinated with a wide red-and-green obijime. I tend to do this a lot with my vintage kurotomesode, but somehow I feel that it does them more justice. Also, these accessories just feel so much more vibrant and festive, don’t they?<\/p>\n\n\t\t