- hehe, oh yes, very Heian! - A is for Angie
Generations 世代
The maiko Kogiku and a geisha (of Gion Kobu) participate in Kyoto's famous festival of ages, dressed in traditional Heian period costume. Behind them,an older geisha looks on in kimono as another maiko snaps a quick shot with her ketai, or mobile phone.
Most interesting 11.10.05
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Claude Renault Photography, Evren Sahin, shimmertje, Eric Hunt., and 43 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Claude Renault Photography (92 months ago | reply)
Love he exchange they are having.. and the other one standing in the middle.
I think your images are getting better and better ..
Those colors are incredible.. I would go crazy shooting details of those kimonos..
I still have the one you posted yesterday in mind;. A beauty..
Evren Sahin (92 months ago | reply)
beautiful composition, great colours..
Jeanne8 (92 months ago | reply)
Gorgeous indeed!
shimmertje (92 months ago | reply)
Beautiful colours, but it's all those facial expressions and actions that make this picture a winner. Wow!
shimmertje (92 months ago | reply)
PS, blogged www.livejournal.com/users/shimmertje/
timtak (91 months ago | reply)
& I like the lady with the mobile phone in the background.
shinanos (91 months ago | reply)
…素敵な衣装～！
おいでやす :-D
lorac's (76 months ago | reply)
Gorgeous, intense. Please bring it to www.flickr.com/groups/multi_generation/ and thank you.
Makoto-san (luv Mayuha) (21 months ago | reply)
The geiko on the right is Komari, and you can see Hiroko Tanaka, the okaasan of Tsurui in the midle