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Girls playing koto and samisen

Photographer might be Shinichi Suzuki II, whose studio went out of business in 1896.

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Tomigiku - Taisho Era Geiko

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Geisha fixing their hair

The Geisha are real. Mt. Fuji is Fake. Notice how the photographer was careful to include the pouch of hair-dressing tools in the picture.

In this 1870s-80s image, my eye is caught by the attractive "little waves" in the hair of the seated girl.

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"La Pinède d'Awazu" d'Hiroshige

Oeuvre d'Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

1852

Estampe polychrome (gravure sur bois) pour éventail (uchiwa-e)

Éditeur : Enshûya Matabei

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Maiko Miyofuku on a Summer Balcony 1930s

Maiko (apprentice geisha) Miyofuku sits on a yuka (summer balcony), wearing wispy kanzashi (hair ornaments) typical of the Gion matsuri in July. The same image is identified as 'Miyofuku' on another postcard. Late 1920s or early 1930s.

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Suwa Shrine at Nagasaki

Handtinted japanese albumen print. Unidentified photographer, 1880s

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Early Taisho Era Bijin

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Four Geisha

Notice the general roughness of the kitsuke, and the well-worn state of the kimonos. With threads hanging out here and there, they have probably been washed numerous time, and were the more functional form seen in the local Tea Houses of the local City Parks and other such venues --- a far cry from the higher-class Geisha establishments of Kyoto and Tokyo.

1870s-mid1880s hand-colored albumen print. Photographer unknown. Possibly YAMAMOTO of Yokohama.

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Morning at the Arayu Spa, Shiobara by Kawase Hasui

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“Matsumoto” by Yoshida Tōshi (1911-1995)

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Artist: Kasamatsu Shiro Title: Kinokunisaka in the Rainy Season Date: 1938 Medium: Color woodblock print Credit Line: Bruce Goff Archive, gift of Shin'enkan, Inc.