D*C Japanese Links

[helwen]

Trying to put some links in one findable spot...

[EDIT] BATS: http://printsofjapan.wordpress.com/2012/04/12/i-am-going-bats-bat-batty-bats-part-one/

Kabuki (history):
http://www2.ntj.jac.go.jp/unesco/kabuki/en/4/4_01.html

Kosode:
http://www.wodefordhall.com/kosode.htm

Attaching collar to kosode or any other kimono:
http://danabren.blogspot.com/2014/01/how-to-sew-kosode-or-any-other-kimono.html

General post on happi coat (mostly I wanted to make sure they existed in Edo period):
http://voices.yahoo.com/the-origin-japanese-happi-coat-4611707.html?cat=7

A little bit of history on kabuki theatre makeup/kumadori:
http://thestorybehindthefaces.com/2012/01/20/kumadori-japanese-kabuki-theatre-makeup/

Katsura/Wig:
Color: http://www.trocadero.com/stores/japaneseartsite/items/896695/catphoto.jpg (lion dancer)

Possible wig: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Adult-Red-Asian-Japanese-Kabuki-Theatre-Drama-Costume-Wig-/161188904843?pt=US_Costume_Accessories&hash=item25879b7f8b

I would be putting at least some of it up into "ears"


Ninja:
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/07/26/ancient-ninja-separating-the-men-from-the-myth/#!tD857

Haven't really found much on the kabuki theatrical ninja. Going to look into getting/making fan and clawed gloves.

Comments

[danabren.livejournal.com]

HA that red lion wig is the same link I sent to our Harley :D

[helwen.livejournal.com]

:D Yeah, I was thinking that even though it's a "lion"/shishi wig (modestly proportioned), that Batgirl is evoking a sort of spirit creature, so a little wildness might be appropriate.

Been looking more at men's clothing styles. Pretty sure I can find my Folkwear pattern -- looking to make a kataginu maybe. If I can successfully dye my old brocade coat to black, I'm going to see if maybe I can modify it to be more like a dabafuku (?) -- open coat. Mon would be embroidered - nothing fancy, but the fabric surface of the overcoat is not paint-friendly.

And then have to make the leg wraps, like a warrior...still undecided on the forearms...and then of course, accessories!

Nope, that won't work...

[helwen.livejournal.com]

Just realized that can't have a kataginu and a dobuku at the same time...