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Maiko Teru with a Festival Lantern 1930s
Teru wearing a Fuji (Wisteria) motif Kimono and Kanzashi (hair ornament), with a festival lantern across her shoulder.
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Uploaded on Mar 7, 2012
Maiko Chikayu 1930s
She appears in the 1939 Miyako Odori (Cherry Dance) programme. I like the Itomaki (thread spool) pattern on her naga-juban (inner kimono).
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Uploaded on Mar 7, 2012
Geiko holding a Daruma Doll 1900
Geisha Sakae looking in a Mirror 1910s
Sakae dressing herself in the mirror, a postcard from the late 1910s or early 1920s.
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Uploaded on Mar 5, 2012
Geiko Tomigiku dressed for the Miyako Odori 1920s
Tomigiku in a dancing pose for the Miyako Odori (Cherry Dance) in Kyoto.
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Uploaded on Mar 2, 2012
Geiko in Profile 1930s
Kabuki - Heian Period Court Lady 1910s
Under magnification, you can clearly see that the outside corners of his eyes are painted red,...
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Uploaded on Feb 28, 2012
Tayuu and Kamuro in front of a Kohaku-maku 1920s
This postcard shows a Tayuu (Japanese Courtesan) and two Kamuro (Child Attendants) standing in front...
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Uploaded on Feb 27, 2012
Kamuro Doll with Inari Fox
According to “The Nightless City” by J.E. de Becker, first published in 1899, Zegen (Procurers)...
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Uploaded on Feb 27, 2012
Three Maiko Girls with a Camera 1920s
Maiko Hatsuko holding a camera, while two other Maiko girls (Apprentice Geisha) look on, a postcard from the mid 1920s.
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Uploaded on Feb 26, 2012
Osaka Geiko holding a Flower Ball 1908
This postcard was published in Sano City, Osaka and postmarked Tientsin (Tianjin), China, November...
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Uploaded on Feb 24, 2012
Maiko Naruko and Maiko Hisayuu plus Friend 1930s
Maiko Naruko standing on the far right of the picture, Maiko Hisayuu sitting on the left of the...
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Uploaded on Feb 20, 2012
Geiko Momotaro with a Vase of Roses 1920s
A hand-coloured postcard of Momotaro from around the 1920s. I love the ran-kiku (spider chrysanthemum) in her hair.
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Uploaded on Feb 18, 2012
Playing the Taiko and the Kotsuzumi 1910s
A very young, Maiko Tomigiku playing the Taiko (large drum), with a more senior Maiko playing the...
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Uploaded on Feb 14, 2012
Mizoguchi at the Premier of Ugetsu 1953
The renowned Japanese Director, Kenji Mizoguchi (centre), shown here attending the premier of his...
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Uploaded on Feb 14, 2012
Geiko Danko 1920s
A postcard from the early 1920s. Inscribed "for you this young lady". Sent from Kyoto to Argentina.
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Uploaded on Feb 13, 2012
Danko and Tomigiku 1920s
Geiko Danko (on the right) and Geiko Tomigiku (on the left), two Taisho period geisha from Kyoto.
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Uploaded on Feb 12, 2012
Cricket Cage Kimono 1960s
A peach-coloured Ro (silk gauze) Kimono, decorated with Koorogi (Crickets) and Mushi Kago (Insect...
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Uploaded on Feb 11, 2012
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