Its been a while since you wrote this but I've found it very interesting. I'm currently working on a kisuri cosplay so I've been researching things as well. I thought I would share something I'd picked up from "Kabuki Costume" by Ruth Shaver. Its about the headscarf.
Its called a zukin (zu-head,kin-cloth/bag). They are not that unusual in kabuki and purple is one of the more usual colours they come in. There are different forms of it (from covering just hair, covering the entire head to shoulders, and from being flat or sticking out).
As regards the characters that wear them its noted that its never just an accessory. They always have a pratical use "if not always an honest one". They are used to keep off dust (presumably when when working?), stay warm in cold weather, "or to prevent recognition". There is a slight suggestion in the book that unless the colouring of a zukin is blue (which signifies gentle characters) it may suggest a more deceptive or a diguised character (in Kabuki).
It may be just me but in my head this seems to say it may signify him disguising his intentions a bit to other characters in the anime. As its remarked in one episode (the ship one by the woman) whose side is he on anyway...Or it cold just signify he is a practical character...
You may draw your own conclusions but I thought I would share :)
The headwear...
Date: 20 Nov 2010 01:30 pm (UTC)Its been a while since you wrote this but I've found it very interesting. I'm currently working on a kisuri cosplay so I've been researching things as well. I thought I would share something I'd picked up from "Kabuki Costume" by Ruth Shaver. Its about the headscarf.
Its called a zukin (zu-head,kin-cloth/bag). They are not that unusual in kabuki and purple is one of the more usual colours they come in. There are different forms of it (from covering just hair, covering the entire head to shoulders, and from being flat or sticking out).
As regards the characters that wear them its noted that its never just an accessory. They always have a pratical use "if not always an honest one". They are used to keep off dust (presumably when when working?), stay warm in cold weather, "or to prevent recognition". There is a slight suggestion in the book that unless the colouring of a zukin is blue (which signifies gentle characters) it may suggest a more deceptive or a diguised character (in Kabuki).
It may be just me but in my head this seems to say it may signify him disguising his intentions a bit to other characters in the anime. As its remarked in one episode (the ship one by the woman) whose side is he on anyway...Or it cold just signify he is a practical character...
You may draw your own conclusions but I thought I would share :)