#kikumaru

[maigeiko]

The look of... VI: Morioka

Welcome to the 17th installment of this series (my 6th). This time, we’re having a look at the Geigi that work in Morioka.

Historical context It's not known when Geigi in Morioka started to exist, but they trained with Tokiwazu Rinchu 常磐津林中 who lived in Morioka from 1892-93. At this time, Morioka had two Hanamachi: Hatamachi 幡街 and Honmachi 本街. Hatamachi was frequented by customers of the merchant class, whereas Honmachi was the government office district, so the Ryotei there were mostly frequented by government workers and politicians. From 1898 onwards, they were training dance with Wakayagi Rikiyo I 初代若柳力代, originally a Kabuki actor who turned to teaching in his later carreer. In 1911, 54 Geigi worked in Hatamachi and 41 in Honmachi. 30 Ryotei operated in the entire city. In 1913, the Morioka theatre was opened and the Joruri piece "Hanabutai chiyo kaomise" 花舞台千代顔見 was composed by Matsumoto Koshiro VII 七代目松本幸四郎, who invited the Morioka Geigi along him. The lyrics were passed down orally along with the choreography. This joruri piece is performed by the Geigi up to this day. Coming to the present day, the segregation of "Hatamachi" and "Honmachi" no longer exists. They are all "Morioka Geigi", no matter where in the city they live. The Kenban no longer exists and there are no Okiya, all Geigi are independent. After a span of 19 years with no fresh blood, two young Geigi debuted in Morioka in 2012, followed by two Hyoko (Maiko) in 2016.

The look of Morioka Maiko Local Term: Hyoko ひよ妓 - used to be called Hangyoku 半玉 ※ Hairstyle: Momoware Katsura ※ Kanzashi: Manjugiku 萬寿菊 all year (2 sets: white/pink/green, white/red/green). Katsuyama and Daikan. First year with Shidare. Rice husk in the new year period. 1 Birabira, 1 Hirauchi, red Kanoko ※ Makeup: Oshiroi, both lips painted ※ Haneri: red with white embroidery, seldomly white ※ Kimono: Furisode without tucks ※ Obiage: flat, tied in the back. red/silver, red/white shibori, July-September: single colour pink and light yellow, white ※ Obi: Koken musubi ※ Obijime: round, flat, single knot ※ Footwear: Zori

The look of Morioka Geiko Local Term: Geigi 芸妓 ※ Hairstyle: Geiko shimada ※ Kanzashi: Kushi, Maezashi, rice husk in the new year period ※ Makeup: Oshiroi, both lips painted ※ Kimono: Homongi, Kurotomesode ※ Haneri: white ※ Obi: Taiko musubi ※ Obiage: red, pink, white with red Shibori (with Kurotomesode always white/red), white ※ Footwear: Zori

Casual look Young and old Geigi alike often opt for a simpler look, both when dancing and when playing Shamisen… ※ Hairstyle: Yohatsu ※ Kanzashi: none ※ Makeup: no Oshiroi ※ Kimono: Homongi, Kurotomesode ※ Eri: white ※ Obi: Taiko musubi ※ Obiage: white ※ Footwear: Zori

Dances In comparison to other small Hanamachi, more than just two or three dances of their repertoire have been documented:  ※ Aki no yo 秋の夜 ※ Enkaina 縁かいな ※ Furyufunazoroi 風流船揃 ※ Hanabutai Chiyo Kaomise 花舞台千代顔見 ※ Haru kasumi 春霞 ※ Harukoma 春駒 ※ Kimigayo Shochikubai 君が代松竹梅 ※ Kishi no Yanagi 岸の柳 ※ Kanayama odori karame bushi 金山踊からめ節 ※ Mori no nagame 杜の眺め ※ Nanbu ondo 南部音頭 ※ Natsu to kabocha 茄子とかぼちゃ ※ Sekizoro せきぞろ ※ Yama wa iro nasu 山は色なす ※ Yûgure 夕暮れ Check out the video linked below, the channel has more videos of this kind.

Notes ※ The joruri piece "Hanabutai Chiyo kaomise" received updated lyrics in 2013, reflecting the passage of 100 years after its creation. It's now called "Hanabutai Chiyo kaomise - Heisei version" 平成版　花舞台千代顔見. ※ The local term for the registry office was chosen to be "函番". Mostly pronounced Kenban like the Geigi registry offices all over Japan, but also "Kanban". The "函" character was also used for the Shamisen case - Geigi's Shamisen were stored in the Kenban and from there, brought to the Ryotei if needed. ※ Geigi Yôko よろ子 is  Wakayagi Rikiyo IV. ※ Apprentice Geigi start dance training first, beginner dances being Kanayama Odori and Nanbu Ondo. Second the start training Shamisen and third Nagauta. ※ The b/w photo of the hangyoku is literally the only photo of Morioka Gei-/Maiko from before 2012 I was able to find. You can see the girls are wearing their own hair, Hikizuri and Darari Obi. The style has changed drastically! ※ This particular feature on Morioka was requested by @geimaiko. Thanks for the impulse! ※ If anyone reads this far... I’m happy to explore more Hanamachi. If you have a request, feel free to drop it in my inbox. An overview of what has received in-depth research before, you can find here. Sources ※ text: past Hanamachi, 1911 numbers, beginner training, school of dance Wakayagi-ryu, kenban/okiya system defunct, 1993 debut (only mentioned, no picture of it, sadly!), everything else ※ dances: hanabutai, harukoma, nanbu+karame+haru kasumi (video), aki+natsu, kishi, yama+enkaina+sekirozo, furyu, mori+yugure, kimigayo (followers-only account) ※ pictures: collage 1: beige flower furisode, Kikumaru/Marika debut, dark blue furisode, collage 2: all from Kikumaru’s instagram, Tomochiyo/Tomiyu debut, Kikumaru erikae, jikata in sepia tones, new year’s photo (Facebook), veteran geigi dancing (Facebook), 3 geigi dancing. Hangyoku. [Facebook has been restricting browsing for people who are not logged in recently, so I can’t look up the exact sources. Kikumaru’s instagram is private] ※ Original layout: @geimaiko ♥

#MG #Morioka #Kurotomesode #marika #kikumaru #tomiyu

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[questionartbox]

cat stuff! art tumblr | art twt | everything-twt

#the prince of tennis #tennis no oujisama #kikumaru eiji #oishi shuichiro #golden pair #kaidou kaoru #fuji shuusuke #art #anyone else here still obsessed with tenipuri? yeah me too #i had a period of time a while ago when I was drawing only tenipuri boys so.. i have a few things to post

[mangobursts]

this one’s for 13 yr old me

#fanart #my boyssssssss #death the kid #kikumaru eiji #okita sougo #horohoro #john brown #jk this is the last post for today

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Seigaku members have some words for you

#prince of tennis #tennis no oujisama #seigaku #oishi shuichiro #kawamura takashi #fuji syusuke #kikumaru eiji #incorrect quotes #incorrect anime quotes #incorrect tenipuri

[hypnoticsphere]

some of my favorite screen caps of eiji and ryoma…. if you even care

#eiji kikumaru #ryoma echizen #the prince of tennis

[laquilasse]

all I’ve done for the past 3 days is watch prince of tennis

#prince of tennis #atobe keigo #eiji kikumaru #oishi shuichiro #my art

[chiakit-art]

Golden Pair Collab

Oishi: yo (Chiaki-T) // Kikumaru: Cons99 (Instagram)

#fanart #tennis no oujisama #príncipe del tenis #prince of tennis #oishi shuichiro #kikumaru eiji #golden pair

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[oldotakusstash]

#Kikumaru Bunta

[princeoftennis-scenarios]

Seigaku Masterlist

Tezuka Kunimitsu

Stoic nsfw

Sleeping in their jersey on the floor

Shuichiro Oishi

Fuji Shususke

Piggy-back ride

Unwanted kiss

NSFW headcanon with their girlfriend

Sleeping in their jersey on the floor

Eiji Kikumaru

NSFW headcanon with their girlfriend

Momoshiro Takeshi

Shy confessions

Kawamura Takashi

Inui Sadaharu

Kaidoh Kaoru

Artistic S/O

Ryoma Echizen

Piggy-back ride

Unwanted kiss

#prince of tennis #tenipuri #scenarios #seigaku #kaidoh kaoru #tezuka kunimitsu #fuji syuusuke #oishi shuichiro #kikumaru eiji #kawamura takashi #momoshiro takeshi #inui sadaharu #echizen ryoma

[smilingangel582]

Prince of tennis is an anime I heard from a friend. Its a pretty old one but I like the plot and characters too much.

Lol if only there were many fanfics if them

Plus, this arrogant cocky little freshman deserves some punishment! Honestly, he's a brat but a chibi one at that 😄

Warning spoilers alert... so read the manga or watch the anime

Enjoy this tk fic, dear peeps, and sorry for the late posts... I had some difficulties in writing and personal stuff... well, enjoy!

(Also... I got no title for this, sorry ~tehe)

Momoshiro eyed the twist serve that began to shoot through the wind and cut the air in half. He was dreading the final serve from Ryoma Echizen, who had the lead over their practice match.

Meanwhile, Eji Kikumaru grinned in excitement and gleefully waved at them. "One of more set Ochibi (little kid/baby boy/shorty) and Momo you gotta break his service game!"

Momo growled irritably, but then Echizen's shot suddenly sprang into action. Yet again... the game ended as soon as Momo prepared himself for the worst.

"G-Game and match! 6-4 Echizen"

Pointing his racket. Echizen's smirk lifted from his cap. "Mada mada dane (no, not yet)"

"You punk!" Momo grabbed the towel first, and then the rest of the regulars were there along with Kikumaru and Fuji, who had finished their match before.

"What a pain, you just get better, haven't you?" Momo stated with a hint of amusement as he took a sip from his water.

Next to him, Echizen finished his sip in a gulp and huffed in nonchalance. "Don't you mean you're getting worse?"

Momo frowned. "Oi, oi... be nice like a good kohai (underclassmen)" yet seeing how Echizen disregarded this Momo took the initiative to lunge at the freshman who backed away a few steps in preparation regardless of the brave face he forced. He slowly slipped from the corner and towards the other senpais; Kikumaru, Fuji, and Inui.

Echizen was cocky. "Senpai (upperclassmen)... your speed is the worst... I can beat you in anything at this rate"

"Well, you got your own downfalls too you know..." momo tried to argue his way, sheltering his own pride though Echizen mercilessly attacked.

"Like?"

Momo swallowed now, seeing how Echizen was superior in every sense. He sighed now which made the younger shake his head with a shrug "Mada mada dane senpai"

"Oh yeah...? Then our height... is that beatable?" Momo raised an eyebrow as he towered over Echizen. He stumbled back again but remained firm.

"I jump higher, so it's not a disadvantage"

"We'll see how you escape this!" Then, seeing his look of rebel, Momo grabbed Echizen by the waist to pull him over his shoulder. "Maybe in strength I can carry you around..." he added wittily."You who weigh nothing more than a tennis racket..."

Echizen gasped by the sudden lift. He was struggling over his shoulder, now kicking around. "Oi! Put me down, momo senpai!"

Seeing this, Kikumaru laughed. "Hey Momo, don't be mean to ochibi-chan, ne?"

"Not until he apologised to me and respects me," Momo laughed victoriously, this time still holding Echizen by the waist, who was slumped over his shoulder in a strong grip.

"Let me go!" Echizen twisted like a fish through the firm grip of his senpai.

"Hmm....nope -gah! Itai (ouch)! That hurts, baka (idiot)!"

"Hey, now don't fight." Kikumaru, for once being a senpai, tried to stop them. He tried to take Echizen from his shoulders, with a firm grip around his hips to get him down.

However, neither of the older boys expected the short boy to yelp in a startle gasp, his voice sinking with puzzlement, then his foot narrowly missing a kick to Kikumaru's nose.

Momo paused now, he turned to Kikumaru first "S-senpai what did you just do now?"

Kikumaru still had his hands on Echizen's hips and blinked in response (probably the lucky escape of a titan kick), but then turned back to a blushing Echizen who was vigorously struggling even more. "D-dont surprise me like that Kikumaru-senpai"

"Eh? All I did was..." To demonstrate, he squeezed his hips, and Echizen let out another cry, this time with a whine."Don't touch me!"

Inui, who was watching the scenario with Fuji, turned with interest to them. He pushed his glasses and stated in his monotonously factual tone, "I see, that strong reaction proves my data on Echizen, It was 95.46% accurate regarding the probability of Echizen being ticklish"

Fuji gave a soft chuckle. "You don't need data for that Inui... It's obvious, " Inui returned the same chuckle.

Echizen slipped away from Momo's shoulder, now backing away defensively. "I wasn't! H-he startled me... besides, the captain doesn't want to see us slacking off..."

Many were surprised by a defensive Echizen, his blush deepened when his senpais exchanged cunning glances.

"Gotcha!"

"Ah!" Kikumaru's speed became Echizen's downfall today, as he felt two hands attack his sides immediately. "Ochibi! Is that true?"

Feeling the electric touch, he yelped again but managed to escape temporarily though he was cornered by four senpais.

"M-mada mada da -ahahneeh!" His catchphrase was suddenly erupted with giggles when Momo and Fuji tackled the player to the ground with quick scribbled and pokes. He was small enough to be easily pegged down with no strength in brawls... thus, he was helplessly straddled by Kikumaru, who excitedly cracked his fingers "Aww Chibi is so cute! Being ticklish is something we never expect from you"

"K-Kikumaru senpai-!"

Inui began now as he cuts in Echizen's words. "Best way to break Echizen is to find his weak spots very slowly... It's valid even for tennis... to bruden the enemy with bith mental and physical stress"

Echizen tried to argue back, but Kikumaru's nimble fingers pinched his waist, making him struggle to conceal the giggles and jolts.

Fuji, his smile still plastered, smirked even more. "I see where you're coming from Inui"

This was too much, thought Echizen, as he kicked his feet against the ground. With his wrists pinned down, he was trapped, and he was forced to take this torment. He knew he couldn't let them embarrass him... It's bad enough that his father's a bigger humiliation to him in public.

"Oya...?" Momo also joined in and started to poke his collar bones, which made Echizen squeak in pure horror as he scrunched his neck, "Ain't that just adorable. I never thought someone so uncute could be this cute..."

He broke there and brust into proper giggles "Gahaha Momo-sehehenpaii stahahap ihihit!"

Inui grinned his glasses, reflecting sadism "Unfortunately for the cheeky rookie... we've discovered a weak point... poor Echizen's sensitive neck was in my data all along, but I should add ears too..." he was back to scribbling notes making Echizen growl irritably.

"Gehehet ohohoff! Ahahahahoooo(Aho - idiot)!"

Momo gasped, feigning shock. "How dare you be so deceitful, guess we should let him know the consequences of his rash actions, senpais" With that he used his knee to pin Echizen's forearm and then raised both his hands to attack his armpits. That was a wild reaction, making Inui scribble even more on his notes. Echizen wondered if the guy attacking or the guy making notes on his weaknesses is more dangerous...

Kikumaru, the acrobatic, was more engrossed in making Echizen burst into more giggles and reached back to squeeze his knee.

Inui smirked, jackpot Kikumaru.

Echizen shrieked loud, and soon the nearer courts had the attention of Echizen's laughter.

"Oh! Ochibi's weak in the knees!" Kikumaru grinned playfully."Tickle tickle tickle chibi-chan!"

The teasing made it worse. Echizen began to cackle like a madman, and he had never laughed like this since the last time Nanjiro, his father, tickled him to tears as a losers punishment.

"GAHAHA! EHEHENOUGH CUHUHUHUT IHIHIT OHOHOUT NOHOHOW! OIHIHIHIHI!" He was louder, and as a result, they stopped, but Fuji raised a hand thar hovered over him teasingly."I believe you need to appologise to Momo since he's your senior"

"Nehehever..." Echizen just dug his grave through his pants and heavy breathing"

Nevertheless, something cold trickled down his back when Fuji's eyes opened to reveal a severe glint of mischief. "Hmm, are you sure?"

Echizen gasped when Fuji's longer fingers snuck under his shirt and attacking his stomach. "This will be his breaking point, Inui..."

"OHOHK! PLEHEHEASE STAHAHAP! IHIHIHI AHAHAM SOHOHORRRY MOHOHOMO SEHEHENPAIIII!"

"Yush!" With that, Fuji clapped his hands with satisfaction."I think I enjoy this even more than watching people suffer from Inui's special remix drinks"

Kikumaru nodded brightly. "Right, nya? Isn't he the most adorable thing you've ever seen?"

Momo, who was satisfied with Echizen's apology, looked warily at Kikumaru. "Ah... senpai I doubt that's what Fuji implied of enjoying Echizen's laugh"

Echizen straightened up with gasps and uncurled from his balled position. "I hahate you guys"

Momo smiled as he helped a tired Echizen up from the ground. "You should laugh more. It's a nice look on you." With that, Kikumaru pounced on Echizen with a hug of affection."Right! Ochibi!"

Ryoma Echizen smiled genuinely now, "Mattaku (jeez) my senpais are so evil"

Tezuka arrived now, with Oishi, who was next to him. He turned to everyone with a knowing look. Then stated "Rub forty laps... for slacking off everyone!"

Wincing Momo nodded. "Hai(ok) kaicho(captain)"

Inui and Fuji gave uneasy smiles and accepted their fate while Kikumary pouted in offence.

"Echizen..." The captain began again. This made him anxiously look up at the captain, expecting a greater punishment "Twenty five laps"

Surprised Momo snapped back. "W-Why????"

"Forty-five laps..." he warned Momo, who yelped in fear."Sorry!" Echizen sighed in relief for his penalty.

They began the run, and Oishi chuckled next to Tezuka. "I didn't think you were this soft... was it his laugh?"

"Quiet Oishi, or else I'll make you run as well." With that, he was gone, Oishi watched them with a smile, a hope for nationals for erupting in his mind.

#tickle fic #cute #tennis no oujisama #prince of tennis #lee!ryoma #ler!momo #ler!kikumaru #lee!echizen #ler!fuji #ler!inui

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[a-dumb-sarcastic-bisexual]

More Prince of Tennis headcanons (cause I finally found all 179 eps!):

Every once and a while Tezuka will look down at Echizen and go “I would take a bullet for you” and Echizen just responds with “k” every. single. time

The team has given up on getting answers out of Tezuka. They’ve asked him a million times why he says this and every single time he acts like it didn’t happen

Fuji says “it’s like a reflex for him at this point” and that’s the closest thing to an answer the team will ever get

Sometimes when Echizen is being a smug little shit Oishi will just pick him up by his collar and carry him away. Like a mama cat wrangling her baby

I was reminded that Oishi comes from a family of doctors but the idea that he doesn’t know how to use a first aid kit properly makes me laugh

Kaido, Eiji, and Echizen would be the funniest trio ever. Cause I’m just imagining Echizen being an arrogant little shit and pissing someone off

Kaido getting mad at at said person when they get pissed off at Echizen and trying to start a fight with them

And Eiji being dramatic as fuck (cause you know… youngest child) and yelling shit like “yeah Kaido fuck him up he made chibi cry” while Echizen is trying to make himself cry on command

Honestly I’m kind of convinced that Inui’s drinks have made the team immortal. It would honestly be the least surprising plot twist of the whole series if Inui said “I’ve made us Devine beings”

I think they also wouldn’t be surprised I think they would all have the same reaction that’s something along the lines of “with all the hell you put us through the next one better give me fucking super powers”

Now like the queer bitch I am I will bring sexuality into this

I think Echizen is aroace or demi. I’ve been watching this little brats dumpster fire of a love life for 100 episodes and I can safely say I don’t think he wants or needs one

Tezuka: that’s a pansexual man if I’ve ever seen one. I just have a feeling that he wouldn’t be tripped up by things like gender

Fuji: demi I don’t know I just have a guttural feeling like you have to reach level 100 of friendship for Fuji to even think about looking at you romantically

Eiji: bisexual when this bitch showed up on screen doing his little flips and tricks I was like “that is a raging bisexual” just something about doing the most in something as simple as tennis gives of bi energy

Oishi also pansexual like Tezuka I feel like he wouldn’t really care about gender if he thinks they’re cute the he thinks they’re cute you know?

Momo another raging bisexual emphasis on the raging. He’s gotten into actually fights with people about his sexuality

The team has had to pull him off of people while he kicks and screams

The whole team secretly thought it was hilarious but they still had to “scold” him afterwards just to keep up appearances

Kaido also gives me demi vibes I don’t really know how to explain it other than it fits him

Inui is demi and ace this man will fall for one person and will stay in love until they do something irredeemable

Kawamura I can’t really tell if he’s 100% gay or 100% straight but something tells me it’s one of the two. Cause I can’t really picture anything else

Also coach Ryuzaki is a lesbian. Does she have a granddaughter? Yeah. Does that prove anything? No

I also can’t imagine anyone on the team being neurotypical like something tells me they’ve all gotten an adhd or autism diagnosis at one point in their life

Am I just projecting at this point? Absolutely. Can you stop me? NEVER!

You know that one tiktok audio that goes “we’ve both got autism haven’t we?” “Yeah” “well that’s good to know”

That’s Seigaku’s dynamic and a nutshell and I love it

#prince of tennis #tenipuri #ryoma echizen #tezuka kunimitsu #shusuke Fuji #kaoru kaido #inui sadaharu #momoshiro takeshi #Takashi kawamura #Eiji kikumaru #oishi shuichiro #ryuzaki sumire

[koholint]

工場長@bunta_kikumaru

紺双葉 忘れられがちなお誕生日

#soremachi #kikumaru bunta

[incorrectpot]

Oishi: I'll have vodka, and for him...he'll have a Capri Sun

Eiji: Oishi. I'm 21.

Eiji: I can order my own Capri Sun

#of course he can #prince of tennis #tennis no oujisama #seigaku #oishi shuichiro #kikumaru eiji #incorrect quotes #incorrect anime quotes #incorrect tenipuri #source: tumblr