tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544279062280496043.post9026406449621216360..comments2023-10-31T02:31:23.227+09:00Comments on Visual Anthropology of Japan - 日本映像人類学: Does this costume represent Japanese culture? Apparently not...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544279062280496043.post-82188513541443815182009-08-02T15:01:36.481+09:002009-08-02T15:01:36.481+09:00Whoops, almost forgot... In some other photos I...Whoops, almost forgot... In some other photos I've seen of this particular costume, Miss Japan is shown holding a Noh mask! (It's a "han'nya" character.) Yet another Body Comm connection da ne.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14720697820311931764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544279062280496043.post-27357319697437383032009-08-02T14:58:02.328+09:002009-08-02T14:58:02.328+09:00This isn't the first time a Japanese participa...This isn't the first time a Japanese participant in an international beauty pageant has gotten flak from her "constituency" for sporting oversexed versions of traditional Japanese clothing styles. <br /><br />Kurara Chibana, runner-up Miss Universe in '06, had that samurai armor and katana getup that showed a lot of hip. (I believe you showed us a video of her in Body Comm.)<br />http://www.funtasticus.com/20081212/kurara-chibana-sexy-samurai/<br /><br />And then in 2007, Riyo Mori was just about shunned by the press when she dressed in a modified oiran outfit: http://news.3yen.com/2007-05-29/japans-handicap-at-the-miss-universe-contest/<br /><br />For a young male enthralled with the East, this combination of cute girl + quasi-traditional Japanese fashion = awesome, but I can see why the Japanese would facepalm at the sight of it.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14720697820311931764noreply@blogger.com