To dos and stuff.
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gurdymonkeyLaundry is done.
Clean sheets and towels have been deployed.
Onigiri is made for Saturday. (I had just enough rice in the house to make a containerful).
Kitchen implements have been de-riced and are in the drying rack.
Sewing implements are no longer strewn around the living room.
New striped kosode has been pressed.
gcmadtown81 called a little while ago. He was in Salt Lake City and due to overbooking on the bus, he's going to be getting into Oakland a little later than expected tomorrow. No worries, he gets here when he gets here.
My new kawahori sensu arrived from the nice folks at kofudo_JAPAN.
I love the description from the auction:
"This was made about 40 years ago." (It's in near mint condition and came gift boxed with descriptive cards I can't read because they're in Japanese. I have no reason to doubt the seller's claim of age.)
"This is SENSU which makes us reminded of summer and has a very invigorating and cool impression." (That's what drew me to it in the first place.)
"And, the SENSU of such a shape is called "KAWAHORI". It is very traditional.
This is very beautiful SENSU.
This is the very good SENSU made seriously." (Having tried to make sensu very, very badly, this is a beaut!)
I also love the following from the seller's "About Us" blurb:
"We are deficient in English capability and have difference in the culture of your country.
Therefore, I may sometimes make you trouble. Beforehand, I appreciate your perseverance for good business." I've dealt with this seller before. kofudo_JAPAN has never "made me trouble." While the typical syntax-disconnect is the inevitable result of the dissimilarities between our two languages, I've never had trouble understanding any of their communications. They furnish detailed photographs and descriptions on their auction and store pages, they process Paypal payments and they ship with blinding speed. Even if I choose SAL, which is the slower, cheaper option, I have gotten my merchandise within two weeks. So if you're browsing eBay for fans, tea ceremony items or other Japanese antiques, this seller is a pleasure to do business with.
Clean sheets and towels have been deployed.
Onigiri is made for Saturday. (I had just enough rice in the house to make a containerful).
Kitchen implements have been de-riced and are in the drying rack.
Sewing implements are no longer strewn around the living room.
New striped kosode has been pressed.
gcmadtown81 called a little while ago. He was in Salt Lake City and due to overbooking on the bus, he's going to be getting into Oakland a little later than expected tomorrow. No worries, he gets here when he gets here. My new kawahori sensu arrived from the nice folks at kofudo_JAPAN.
I love the description from the auction:
"This was made about 40 years ago." (It's in near mint condition and came gift boxed with descriptive cards I can't read because they're in Japanese. I have no reason to doubt the seller's claim of age.)
"This is SENSU which makes us reminded of summer and has a very invigorating and cool impression." (That's what drew me to it in the first place.)
"And, the SENSU of such a shape is called "KAWAHORI". It is very traditional.
This is very beautiful SENSU.
This is the very good SENSU made seriously." (Having tried to make sensu very, very badly, this is a beaut!)
I also love the following from the seller's "About Us" blurb:
"We are deficient in English capability and have difference in the culture of your country.
Therefore, I may sometimes make you trouble. Beforehand, I appreciate your perseverance for good business." I've dealt with this seller before. kofudo_JAPAN has never "made me trouble." While the typical syntax-disconnect is the inevitable result of the dissimilarities between our two languages, I've never had trouble understanding any of their communications. They furnish detailed photographs and descriptions on their auction and store pages, they process Paypal payments and they ship with blinding speed. Even if I choose SAL, which is the slower, cheaper option, I have gotten my merchandise within two weeks. So if you're browsing eBay for fans, tea ceremony items or other Japanese antiques, this seller is a pleasure to do business with.
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Date: 2008-06-12 06:20 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2008-06-12 01:30 pm (UTC)You would definitely be welcome. That said, the SCA can be a time suck and I know you have lots of other things you do.
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Date: 2008-06-12 02:06 pm (UTC)A lexicon of fans
Date: 2008-06-17 12:34 am (UTC)Sensu generally refers to folding fans, most usually the sort where paper (or sometimes fabric) is glued to wooden or bamboo bones.
The kawahori style I just acquired takes its name from the wing of a bat.
Sensu can also look like this:
http://www.saiga-jp.com/img/item_l/F-104_sensu_gifts.jpg
Or this:
http://www.mikansjapan.com/sensu.jpg
Highly decorated sensu used for dance are known as maiogi (My OH Ghee). Some of the fans I've acquired off eBay are maiogi - you can practically signal aircraft with the one in the icon, it's got so much silver foil on it.
Hiogi (Hee OH Ghee) are cypress-wood slat fans that were used ceremonial in the court and still used by Shinto clerics. I'm carrying a very bad attempt at a hiogi in the pics you've seen of me in my formal karaginu mo. Here's one from the 15th century: http://nippon-kichi.jp/kichiCnt/img/2033/2033_01_t.jpg
There's also the uchiwa. Originally from China, they are very popular with advertisers, and often are given away at festivals. Here's an interesting example:
http://www.theapplecollection.com/Collection/various/uchiwa.html