About Tomigiku 富菊 - Taishō Era Geiko
This group is for the collection of photographs and postcards of Tomigiku, a geiko who's career spanned Meiji, Taishō and Showa era.
When one browses through a collection of photographs of maiko and geiko from Meiji and Taishō era, it soon becomes apparent that in addition to Momotarō, Tomigiku was another photographer favourite of the times.
Like Momotarō, there is very little known about Tomiguki. Observations from photographs appears to place her as a geiko within the Gion Kōbu hanamachi, and quite possibly Momotarō's oneesan. It is hard to place exactly when Tomigiku started her career, but it is suspected it is on the cusp of Meiji / Taishō. She was very frequently photographed not only with Momotarō, but also with another geiko (whose name is currently unknown), along with being a chaperon to a group of maiko who where Momotarō's contemporaries.
Tomigiku has appeared in the Miyako Odori a number of times as a dancer, first as a maiko, and then as a geiko. From this, it can be assumed she must have been considered a skilled dancer.
While not a beauty like her contemporaries, Tomigiku exuded a serious, yet highly mischievous personality.
Group Rules
1. Group is invite only. The administrator will be going through Flickr looking for all photographs of Tomigiku and inviting the collector to contribute. If the administrator has missed your photo, please contact them and we'll issue an invite.
2. Please only add photographs that you physically own. Do not add auction photographs, or photographs from other websites that are not your own. If it comes to the administrator's attention that the images uploaded are not personally owned, they will be deleted. The only exception is if you have obtained prior permission from the owner and clearly state it on the photograph.
3. Before adding photographs, please review existing photographs to ensure you are not adding a duplicate. Duplicates will be deleted with exceptions to:
- B&W vs Colour. If you have a coloured version of an existing B&W image, or visa versa, please add.
- Your image is of superior quality to the one currently in the group (i.e. no postage stamps on the front, no scratches, foxing, creases, tears).
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Additional Information
 This is a public group.
- Accepted media types:
- Accepted content types:
- Photos / Videos
- Screenshots / Screencasts
- Illustration/Art / Animation/CGI
- Accepted safety levels:
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