Maiko

A maiko in black hikizuri on the day of her misedashi, her debut as a maiko, in June 2010. The hikizuri is the trailing kimono of maiko and geiko, often 200 cm long or more, so the hem sweeps the floor indoors and is tied up or held in the left hand outside. For a misedashi the okiya brings out its most formal outfit, the kuromontsuki: black, with five of the house crests and lucky motifs on the skirt.