Taikotaikotaiko

I did a little hand sewing and got through a couple more Season 4 episodes of Farscape, then met up with the rest of the crew to perform at the J-sei crab feed. The corner they gave us for stage space turned out to be a little bigger than originally announced, so we had a little more room to play. I think it went very well, they seemed to enjoy the performance and now I have to sit on my hands for two Tuesdays in a row before the spring session starts up.

In the meantime, Emily's Dad's video from the Sakura Gakuen gig two weeks ago is up.
I'm in the back row behind Josh (second from right) in this one.

I have a solo in this one.

I hate black and white photos sometimes.

http://metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/60043275?rpp=60&pg=1&ao=on&ft=*&when=A.D.+500-1000&where=Japan&pos=59
I'm dying to know what color this Nara period textile fragment in the Met collection is. And the description is not exactly helpful. It looks printed though. I may have to steal that design though. I could totally do something with it.

Here's an equally frustrating one from the Kyoto Costume Museum. It came up in a search for Nara textiles, but there's no description!
http://syuweb.kyohaku.go.jp/ibmuseum_public/index.php?app=pict&mode=detail&list_id=199655&parent_data_id=19682&data_id=11226

Same with this one, although it's at least in color. http://syuweb.kyohaku.go.jp/ibmuseum_public/index.php?app=shiryo&mode=detail&list_id=199656&data_id=19685