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Oharame ("maiden of Ohara") is a historical woman someone peddler of firewood (kindling rather than big blocks of it) from the town of Ohara, inward introduce solar daytime Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, a town best known for its beautiful
Sanzen-in Temple.
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| Oharame (detail) equally depicted past times Hokusai |
Oharame maidens wore a pompadour-like pilus style, pop alongside single women inward the Edo period, known inward Japanese equally a
shimada-mage ("Shimada coiffure"), roughly which they wrapped a towel, too placed the kindling on their caput to brand the trek into Kyoto. They blackened their teeth, too wore a tight-sleeved kimono alongside white leggings underneath, too straw sandals on their feet. Oharame brand their appearance inward sometime literature well-nigh Kyoto, too inward
kyogen too
buyo theater. They were portrayed inward art, too, past times the
ukiyoe painter too printmaker, Hokusai (1760-1849) for their rustic beauty. The Ohara Tourist Information Center (Ohara Kanko Hoshokai inward Japanese), offers an Oharame sense to visitors whereby they tin clothing upward pretty much equally the Oharame did (although minus the blackened teeth, it seems!) for a fee of 2,500 yen.
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| Oharame dress-up experience, Ohara, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto (Photo courtesy of Ohara Kanko Hoshokai) |
There is an annual
Oharame Festival inward Ohara, equally well, from Apr 23 to May 8, this year, during which fourth dimension the Oharame sense tin live on had for the discounted charge per unit of measurement of 1,000 yen. Also, from Apr 1, 2016 to March 31, 2017, Keihan Railways, Eizan Densha, too Kyoto Bus are offering an
Ohara/Yase One-Day Ticket for 1,500 yen for adults (750 yen for children), which takes you lot from whatever station on the Keihan Line to Ohara past times a combination of develop too bus. The trip takes well-nigh xxx minutes from
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