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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
Cricket Cage Kimono - Detail 1960s
Koorogi (crickets) and Mushi Kago (insect cages) are both autumn motifs. The open weave of the Ro...
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Uploaded on Feb 11, 2012
Geiko Tomigiku wearing a Formal Kimono 1920s
This type of formal outfit worn by a Geiko (Geisha) is called “shiro-eri muji no mon-tsuki” and was...
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Uploaded on Feb 10, 2012
Geiko Tomigiku in the Garden 1920s
Geiko (Geisha) Tomigiku wearing a pinstriped kimono. Her name is written in kanji on the back of the postcard.
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Uploaded on Feb 10, 2012
Maiko Hiroko reading a Book 1920s
Her name is written in kanji on the back of the postcard.
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Uploaded on Feb 9, 2012
Oiran - Shin Yoshiwara 1914
Although, I can’t read kanji, I can make out the name Shin Yoshiwara, the former pleasure quarters of...
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Uploaded on Feb 9, 2012
Okome Dance 1900
This postcard shows Geiko (Geisha) in costume as a Shinto Priestess for the Okome (uncooked rice)...
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Uploaded on Feb 8, 2012
Sakae 1905
Hangyoku with a Maple Leaf Eri 1905
Offset Gravure by Fujii Kaishindo Printing Co 1930
An example of the sophisticated printing techniques used in Japanese magazines, advertisements, and...
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Uploaded on Feb 1, 2012
Daruma Doll Kimono 1905
Daruma Dolls are hollow, round dolls traditionally made of toso (a papier mache like...
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Uploaded on Jan 30, 2012
Maiko Hisagiku with a Rising Sun Flag 1940s
“Although geisha will never again flourish in great multitudes (there were eighty thousand in the...
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Uploaded on Jan 28, 2012
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