February 2022: Aoi-tayuu and Nanoha-kamuro, of Suehiro okiya, wearing costumes for Obake, a part of

February 2022: Aoi-tayuu and Nanoha-kamuro, of Suehiro okiya, wearing costumes for Obake, a part of Setsubun celebrations, where the wearing of outrageous costumes is meant to confuse ghosts who would bring bad luck. 

On the right, Aoi-tayuu is wearing a costume resembling the character Tsuri Onna from the kabuki play “ Ebisu Môde Koi no Tsuribari,” who is considered to be an ugly woman. On the left, Nanoha-kamuro is wearing a costume based on “Otemoyan,” a popular young woman from a famous folk song from Kumamoto, Japan.

Source: https://twitter.com/ayaka8700119/status/1489066675999625220?s=20&t=cEuFlHKqoUUCL-TSndBtJA