Japanese Kimono

Archive for March, 2006

Question: Help With This Old Movie, Please.?

The Tittle?

It's An Old Movie, It Happens In China, Both was Americans, I Think That He Was A Journalist, And She Just Grew Up In China, But Both Was Americans, They Fall In Love, And They Always See Each Other In A Mountain, Under A Tree. In That Time China Was In War, And One Day, They Say That They Are Gonna See Again In The Same Place, So She Waits For Him, But He Never Cames, Because He Died That Day. Really Sad. Please Tell Me The Name Of This Movie, I Remember Too That She Was Wearing A Red Dress, Like A Kimono.

Thanks Very Much.
It's Very Old, Like From The 50's And By The Way, No I'm Not Tired Of Tipping The Shift Key. I'm Used To.
I'm Pretty Shure That Was A Movie, I Watch It A Lot Of Times, It's A Classic, But I Just Can't Remember The Name. Thanks Anyway.
The Movie Was In English...

Answer: That's not a movie I think you are talking about the opera Madama Butterfly.

Story Origins

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The Victorian period was a time when gentlemen (and sometimes ladies) of leisure embarked on adventurous escapades around the world. Many of these travelers were avid communicators, writing letters, articles, and keeping journals of their travels. All these personal interpretations of what they witnessed combined to create exotic images of distant lands for those remaining at home. Novels, plays, ballets and operettas were set in foreign locations. One of the last countries to be opened to the West was Japan. In 1854 Commodore Perry concluded his treaty with Japan, and quickly it became a must for travelers.

For example, Lafcadio Hearn, the half-Greek, half-Irish journalist and adventurer, led an impoverished career in Ireland and the United States before arriving in Japan in 1890. He became infatuated with the country, married a Japanese bride, changed his name to Koizumi Yakumo and eventually became a Japanese citizen. Over 15 years his writings, such as Japan, an Attempt at an Interpretation (1904), became popular and were printed in several European languages. He exalted Japan at the expense of the West and helped contribute to the image of Japan as a land of aesthetic accomplishment, peopled with charming, graceful - and complacent - women.

Japan's exotic allure contributed to a vast body of popular literature and fashion. "Japonisme" was the trend in late 19th and early 20th century Europe. Japanese gardens and interior design became in vogue. Whistler, Ezra Pound and William Butler Yeats, to name a few, drew inspiration from Japanese art and culture. The sense of romance and intrigue fully infiltrated the common imagery of foreign countries.

Exoticism is not too removed from sensualism, so certain Japanese customs such as mixed-bathing and Geisha-houses easily connected into stories of Western man conquering Japanese girl.

Christmas Time Is Here!

Question: Chinese Qi Pao, Japanese Kimono, or Korean Hanbok? Which one is the most beautiful? ^_^?

in your eyes? Which traditional dress is the prettiest in your opinion?

I think they are all beautiful! I am Taiwanese so I really like the Qi Pao. lol.

Thank you so much for answering!

Answer: Chinese Qi Pao.

No Contest.

http://www.chinatoday.com/culture/qipao/qipao-12.jpg

http://www.chinatoday.com/culture/qipao/qipao-13.jpg

Very elegant and sexy. Kimonos and Hanboks are all ugly and clumsy. It doesn't even show the figure of the woman.

Gaijin girl in kimono