Kisetsu Portraits - Tetsuyama Chiyo

Second portrait in the series!

Lady Chiyo, consort of the daimyo of Inaba, Tetsuyama Osamu.

"A short silence followed. Taiken broke it, crossing his arms, worried. 

      – And... chichi-ue believes Chiyo-san will be able to get the necessary information? Figuring out what the hatamoto knows may not be difficult, but... who’s actually investigating the Ayakashi is the commander who captured it. 

      The daimyo raised an eyebrow, accounting the reasoning for a moment, then shrugged. His mien became a little lighter when he finally answered.

      – ...Don’t underestimate her. Chiyo is more cunning than all of Itou-dono’s fools and the hatamoto of Sado put together."

(Kisetsu - Spring, Chapter 6: Bloom) 

The kanji-hiragana reads her name, accompanied by her family's mon (crest). She wears light ecru colors such as neri-iro and kinari, with hints of gold and grayish pinks. Her kimono has a magnolia motif, and her uchiki and obi feature kikkou (stylized tortoise shell) - also the base of the Tetsuyama family mon.

Kisetsu - Spring is avaliable in portuguese on Amazon, and it's currently being translated to english!

Kisetsu Portraits - Ashigawa Kiyoko

Although I have decided not to illustrate my novel, I'm working on a series of "unnoficial" Kisetsu portraits... Light, soft drawings to give a small sneek-peak on some of the story's characters and convey their personality, more than their actual features. These portraits also feature the style of clothing they tend to wear, or even garments they actually wear at some point in-story - a great chance for me to draw Muromachi period kimono! ^^

So, to the first in the series...

Princess Kiyoko, niece of the seii-taishogun Ashigawa Yoshinobu.

"From the time they were presented, Ikeda Jin had met Ashigawa Kiyoko four other mornings, to bring her a daily dose of his medicinal infusion and to examine the waning cut on her ankle. This, however, was the first time Moegi wasn’t present at the time. Kiyoko assumed that her tutor was busy, perhaps helping Aoi to cense her lady’s uchiki...

Her absence was strangely enjoyable. "

(Kisetsu - Spring, Chapter 6: Bloom)

The kanji-hiragana reads her name, accompanied by her family's mon (crest). She wears toki-iro and usubeni pinks-based ensemble, and her uchiki features sakura (cherry blossom) motifs. All the motifs in her uchiki and kimono were drawn by me. 

Kisetsu - Spring is avaliable in portuguese on Amazon, and it's currently being translated to english!