The most common geta are around 2 inches tall. These are good for everyday wear in fair weather, but in the rainy season, puddles on the unpaved edo era streets were often deeper. Deeper puddles called for higher geta, and the geta-makers (and their geta), rose to the challenge.
The thin teeth keep splashing to a [...]
Ashida
December 29th, 1998
Standard geta
December 28th, 1998
There are many types of geta so the next time you have a geta discussion with your family or at the office, make sure you’re talking about the same type. The geta pictured here, are probably the most common type by a wide margin. They’re unfinished hardwood, probably paulownia, are made from a single piece [...]