February 2022: Aoi-tayuu and Tsukasa-tayuu, of Suehiro okiya, posing in costumes for Obake with a bikuni (i.e. Buddhist nun) at the Senbon Enmado at Injo-ji Temple in Kamigyo, Kyoto, Japan.
Obake is 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, Tsukasa-tayuu is wearing a tiger inspired costume because 2022 is the year of the Tiger.
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.
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.
January 2022: Aoi-tayuu, of Suehiro okiya, posing with two new kamuro. On the left is Rin-kamuro (リン禿), in her 3rd year of kindergarten, and on the right is Koko-kamuro (ココ禿), in the 1st grade.