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Costume Museum | Discover Kyoto

Boasting a colorful exhibition of garments once worn by Japanese nobility in the Heian period, the Costume Museum is a go-to place for lovers of Japanese history, traditional fashions, and the world’s first novel, The Tale of Genji.

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https://flic.kr/p/bzi9jV | Kabuki - Heian Period Court Lady 1910s | Under magnification, you can clearly see that the outside corners of his eyes are painted red, indicating that this is a male Kabuki actor in the role of a woman.

Under magnification, you can clearly see that the outside corners of his eyes are painted red, indicating that this is a male Kabuki actor in the role of a woman. I think that he might be Onoe Baikô VI in the play entitled “Heikegani”, which premiered in Osaka during April 1912. “Heikegani” was based on a popular Edo picture book in which a young fisherwoman encounters the spirit of Tamamushi, a Heike court lady from the Heian period (794-1185 CE). Onoe Baikô VI was one of the best Onnagata…

Fashion of Black Teeth in Old Japan

Fashion of Black Teeth in Old Japan A Yedo chemist’s recipe for black teeth dye from Tales of Old Japan by A.B. Mitford (1871): "Take three pints of water, and, having warmed it, add half a teacupful...

Murasaki Shikibu (973 – 1014?) is the only known female writer to emerge during Japan’s Heian period (794-1192.) Her novel “The Tale of Genji” is considered one of the world’s earliest novels.

Murasaki Shikibu (973 – 1014?) is the only known female writer to emerge during Japan’s Heian period (794-1192.) Her novel “The Tale of Genji” is considered one of the world’s earliest novels.