Sunday Funday!I live and breathe in the vintage world, and a..
Added 2024-10-06 11:00:22 +0000 UTCSunday Funday!
I live and breathe in the vintage world, and a few months ago got to pick a well-known costume company that was closing down. I got a lot of neat stuff, including a set of two coin-studded kimonos that were used in the movie The Last Samurai.
Trying this thing on was a workout in itself - I went to take it off the hanger and it almost fell to the floor because it's so heavy!
The Last Samurai movie is loosely based on the shift from traditional Japanese life, including the warrior class of Japan, fading into modernization and Westernization.
As I came to learn, samurai were around for centuries (1100s) until their titles and power stripped in the 1870s in favor of traditional military conscription. A caption on OF doesn't afford nearly enough space for their neat history throughout different periods of Japan but it's an interesting read if you're looking for an internet distraction from the Sunday scares.
