#tokimatsu

[love1kimono]

TOKIMATSU as a Country Girl Maid SERVING TEA

Being a photographer's model to depict all classes of Japanese women was one of the potential jobs of all Geisha during the Meiji era of old Japan (1868-1912).

Take note of the brightly patterned strap or cord over her shoulders that is used to hold her sleeves up while serving.

Photographed and published ca.1895-1900 by K. TAMMAMURA as an advertising piece for the Y. NAKAMURA TEA PLANTATION of Shizuoka, Japan.

[yajifun]

The Inland printer v.32 (1903:Oct.-1904:Mar.)

Smithsonian Libraries

"TOKIMATSU" THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GEISHA GIRL OF JAPAN.

FUJI FROM OTOMETOKE（乙女峠?）

KINTAI-BASHI (OR SOROBAN-BASHI) SU-O / PHOTO BY K.OGAWA,TOKYO,JAPAN

[fujiwara57]

Photographie c. 1890

Geisha Tokimatsu (Emiko)

[love1kimono]

TOKIMATSU

ca.1890s large format, hand colored albumen print. Attributed to Yokohama photographer KOZABURO TAMAMURA.

[love1kimono]

Geisha Pretends to be a Blind Itinerant Minstrel

This was a popular real-life occupation for many Japanese studio photographers to "capture" during the 19th Century. I have seen at least three or four Geisha playing the part of a Blind Female Beggar, including TOKIMATSU, the "Smiling Geisha".

Called Gozenobo in Japanese, these women are now a thing of the past.

"…..The last important active goze, Haru Kobayashi (小林ハル), died in 2005, at age 105…"

[love1kimono]

Tokimatsu

Okinawa Soba did not remove the background via PhotoShop. This "isolation" of Tokimatsu was just another Meiji-era manipulation of the image.

[fujiwara57]

Photographie c. 1890

Geisha Tokimatsu (Emiko)

[amazonswan]

TOKIMATSU as a Country Girl Maid SERVING TEA by Okinawa Soba (Rob) Via Flickr: A real GEISHA being called a MAID ? Of course ! Being a photographers model to depict all classes of Japanese women was one of the potential jobs of all Geisha during the Meiji era of old Japan (1868-1912). Take note of the brightly patterned strap or cord over her shoulders that is used to hold her sleeves up while serving. I have already covered the subject of "Geisha as Photographer's Model" in several captions. Here are the two main ones : www.flickr.com/photos/24443965@N08/3329199977/ and www.flickr.com/photos/24443965@N08/2802613366/ In spite of that, I still occasionally get sincere comments from viewers telling me that my captions are wrong, and that a Geisha would NEVER dress like, act as, or impersonate anything other than a Geisha ! However, the sincerity and passion of such well-meaning comments are rendered moot by the photographic realities of old Japan, and the real life labors and responsibilities of Geisha during those days. The above photo is a very large 8 1/4 x 10 1/4 inch hand-colored collotype on an 11 x 14 album stock. Tokimatsu appears in this last image as part of a 12-page photographic essay on TEA PRODUCTION in Japan. The one-line caption under the photo is shown as is, being printed along with the photo on the same album stock. It was photographed and published ca.1895-1900 by K. TAMMAMURA as an advertising piece for the Y. NAKAMURA TEA PLANTATION of Shizuoka, Japan. A closer "bloggers crop" is found here : www.flickr.com/photos/24443965@N08/4552243925/in/photostr... RANDOM SOBA : www.flickriver.com/photos/24443965@N08/random/