New Year's Kimono

1993, 30" x 24"
Omoide Collection

New Year’s joy…

colorful kimono

tells it all

I remember with nostalgia the ritual of my family at the New Year.   We gathered in our formal Tatami* room, with my father seated before the Tokonoma **.   Everyone wore their best clothes.   I was given a new kimono, and I greeted my father formally, with a deep bow.   Then the festivity could begin with the special Sake and delicacies of the New Year’s feast.

*  Straw mat.

** Alcove where a painting and flower  arrangement were displayed.