スウエーデンの面白いものたち


by nyfiken
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To understand Geisha, what we should know..

First question.Is she Geisha?





Answer.She is not geisha, but a popular Japanese enka singer.Ayako Fuji.who is quite beautiful and kimono suits to her perfectly..Foreigner will not be able to understand what I mean, but most Japanese , some korean they do.It means her charm could be a sorts of typical Japanese mans' idealistic womans' soft feminity.Gentlneness It is very difficult for foreigner who has never lived in Japan but just for 2 weeks trip.Ayako's feminity relates to GEisha and high class Ginza mama san's ones..In Japan most men favore her sensual charm with Kimono.

And I can not forget to explain she is the typical Akita bijin that means Northen eastern Japan -japan sea side beautiful woman that is quite popular in Japan.Akita, Niigata, Yamagata. bijin.And Geisha came from those Japan sea side fisherman villages previous time when they were children just like a movie."Geisha"


Those girls side by japan sea area have fair skin like Ayako.the reason why during winter time the wet wind blows from Japan sea side and full of snow produce high humidity.Less sun during winter make skin lighter and generation to generation women have relatively better skin than women in Pacific sea side where the dry window blows from the Pacific sea.That is told generally.To understand Geisha, Ayako Fuji singer --if she was born like to be Geisha, she could have been so pretty geisha from Akita province.So good geisha has to have a beautiful fair skin.

Rough skin is not favored by Japanese man no matter her face is pretty or not.That is why in japan we have such a world leading cosmetic company Shiseido and Kanebo.All those scientists from first class University, instead of studying at labo in University, quite brilliants students work at laboratory at cosmetic company in Japan.The reason why?

Japanese women spend more money on skin care products than dresses or candles.Geisha has to have smooth pretty skin.If they are born like that, they are very lucky.BEcause skin can not change, that is only heritage from previous generations.This is another secret of Geisha.Fair skin.you can see Kanebo and Shiseido cosmetic companies sell so many intensive beautiful skin care.All Geisha use those.Please check tomorrow at department store what they sell from japanese cosmetic companies.




Personally I believe in that all the Japanese women may have Geisha mind which is rather positive.To please Danna borrowing this expression from Geisha book and movie, that is the same as somehow our oldern Japanese woman's philosophy .It would be different from European Queen and knight relationship but more or less same.Japan has macho calture, women have been protected by men historically.Tradition differes from Europe, the way of thinking and the expression of love can be sometime quite different from that of in Scandinavia, Sweden.We Japanese are quite sensitive deep in heart.The words sometimes mean lots but sometimes eyes talk more than words.




I used to live in the central Tokyo where famous ryoutei are , japanese restaurant that only special members are allowed to go , Kagurazaka.RYoutei Japanese restaurant At night when I walked behind narrow street, geisha's dancing , old lady singing utai accompanied by shamisen instrument .Laughing voice from high bamboo wall, and trees...I enjoyed Kagurazaka.I used to love to take a walk behind of the main street , passing the old ryokan japanese inn that old novelists used to stay and wrote famous novels.The atmosphere in Kagurazaka in TOkyo at night are special, this can be only known somebody who live in Tokyo .Simple entrance with cozy Japanese garden.lantern.quiet back street.Smell of Japanese cooking odour from the kitchen window.

Geisha is not special for us, more or less, their entertaining way ..the deep philosophy to please man, that kinds of mentality,.Geisha think that We are not cheap, should not be.With degnity and pride.Heart should be clean and pure like spring water from the Fuji mountain.






http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78H9pg_Ip9Y
(Bandou tamasaburo-high class courtesan play-kabuki)





In Sweden, peoples know Sushi and Geisha.Sushi is eaten by many folks since there are so many sushi restaurans.But Geisha, real geisha will not be seen so easily.If only royal family , top politician, very wealthy merchants will be able to be entertained at special Japanese restaurant in Kyoto ryoutei.Geisha exists various towns, In Tokyo, Mukojima, Kagurazaka.Kyoto-Gion.the wealthy merchants used to own Geisha but he has to pay for her expensive silk kimono dresses.one cost over 20000dollers.and obi costs same price as that even more.j

The wealthy business man can afford to paying for those Geisha tables and all her expenses , no matter which economical crises were going on , Geisha have lived for generations.During war, they could not wear kimono since war time women were not allowed to wear pretty kimono but special mans like trousers monpe.One famous singer resisted when she sang for army in the camp, then she put on ordinary dress , soon she was warned.That is qite different from USA.War time Even Geisha could not perform and wear Kimono.They have kept all under the earth.



Kyoto was capital in Japan

Tamasaburo is kabuki actor and dancer who is the most famous onnagata (man plays a role of female at Kabuki)actor and dancer.Depites of his hights(he is taller and it is not suitable for kabuki onna gata.)and his right leg's problem from his early childfood desease, He has overcome and has become top star in Japan.Why I want to show Kabuki to understand Geisha.The feminity of Japanese traditional woman -can be seen in Kabuki onnagata and Geisha.They have kept our tradition while normal Japanese women are taught to be strong as man , modern era many japanese women are struggling and fighting at work and home.Feminity is qite remained in different shape in modern era.Without watching kabuki's dancing part , specially performed by Tamasaburo in Tokyo, you will never know our tradition.




Kabuki normally consists of several stories.Although there are always danse programmes danced by male actors.Tamasaburo Bando is the most famous Kabuki actor so called onnagata and his dancing is breath taking beautiful .SInce I love Kabuki dancing ,at least once a month I used to go to Kabuki .HIs female Japanese dancing is our country's heritage.When you have chance to come to Japan, to watch Kabuki, just chose bandou tamasaburo's dance in Kabuki programme.

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Fujimusume.by Bando Tamasaburo is very famous. I have watched fujimusume performance..Kabuki theatre locates in Ginza area where I love the most.Theater has a beautiful Japanese restaurant that is famous kabukiza bentou.For vegetalians You can order before hands.I used to take guests .My favorate course in Ginza, after Kabuki, I normally go to Oomasuya in Ginza to eat Japaense special kaiseki bentou with a glass of white wine.They have a small oshiruko (sweet red bean)In spring I like to eat bamboo bentou. in May.I miss their seasonal bentou so much here in Sweden.All Japanese restaurant here does not express seasonal taste, they only serve Yakiniku and Yakitori, which is boy -man lunch box for someone who needs strong power or young students.Yakiniku and yakitori bentou is more or less bentou from Seven eleven , not sophisticated class japanese restaurant ..


I always like to see Kabuki's tamasaburo's play, that express more accurate the beauty of Japanese geisha or oldern time's Japanese women lovers .What amuse me the most from kabuki, actually KIMONO traditional Japanese dress in Kabuki theatre, the color combination of kimono and obi.what I love most is the graduation of Kimono color and inside of kimono , back side of kimono, two colors' combination are so beautiful.My object to watch kabuki is to enjoy watching kabuki kimono especially during dancing programme.It is the same as London's Shakespear theater's actresses' beautiful dress.Trully trully fantastic.




French designer brand Christian Dior 2007 spring fasion show was quite impressive.I know the designer John Gariano loves Japan and is very fascinated by Japanese kimono, geisha and sophisticated Kabuki theatre sorts of traditional culture.What I love most in France is this!

Here I can see some influence by Geisha or Japanese kimono calture in French fasion.Christian Dior spring 2007 Haute couture fasion show in Paris.Genius John Galiano leads Dior and his passion ,inspiration, modernity and sophitication are really Dior's beautiful taste.I like Dior.Trustable high class taste for most products, that I believe in.I use Japanese kanebo, Shiseido, but love to use Dior cosmetic as well.Even their perfume.Fasion is art and amuse our eyes.




Japanese women looked totally different from now in 150 years ago.
Geisha..I have met 80 years old exgeisha .She is stil pretty and owns her Japanese restaurant at hotspring town.She told me the memory of her love and her danna.(the man who looked after her).The beauty of her own does not disappear even in her age.As long as she lives , she wants to entertain her guests , she said.Tonight she must work at her own Japanese ryotei in country side near the sea side.Her restaurant red lantern outside looked so warm in winter.






When I was a little girl, the end of the year, I was asked by mother to go to a beauty salone to make special nihongami -geisha hair and slept on the wooden pillow.Next day first of January, early morning, went back to the beauty salone near from the house, for the new year they open for special booked customers in the morning.I put on Kimono and had a beautiful geisha hair with fuji kanzashi (I had 3 my favorate hair ornament).Then I went back to home to greet my parents.

After I and my best friend neigbours' girl both of us were walking to neighbours house to say "A happy new year!"they always gave us special treat "Otoshidama "money.and said "You are so pretty with kimono, look like little geisha!"The snow falled sometimes.My dog followed me.My kimono color was warm orange with Japanese fans and my best friend kimono color was dark pink with Kiku flowers.Little gaisha new years 'parade were repeated everynew years with my friend for years.Girl time.Beautiful memory in my childfood..I still remember every year's last day 31st of December I felt like I became Geisha because I slept on wooden small pillow not to give damage to hair.My little experience as a little geisha.Now I only can see in my old smiling girl's picture with red lipstic on.




In fact while I was writing this latter part , I was eating finish GEISHA chocolate new version"Orange blossam" and listening to "Do it the hard way "Jazz., GEishaand the music"Do it the hard way "Jazz both are suitable.Of course all those young geisha might love Jazz as well.




In Sweden daylight has been getting shorter and shorter.This is reverse of March.The darkness are coming into our house.It is not really easy to adapt this rapid change.Changing the mood, changing the room .I have changed my room more colorful on the contrary others tend to use autumn color ,

The sun is getting down and the beautiful sunset .Golden yellow and gold light at the edge of sky and earth.The gradation of sky around 6 pm is so beautiful, from my apartment window, the sunset in Autumn is so beautiful.I come from geisha country, after the war, american and european culture have invaded our geisha brain.Jazz sounds perfect for me right now.This beautiful autumn sunset time.Japanese say "Beautiful fall tasogare jikan"Well, I will start cooking before getting so dark outside.
by nyfiken | 2008-10-13 11:26