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Geisha/Maiko/Onnanoko

Maid holding “tenugui” [cotton hand towel], c. 1920.
“Kyoto Tayū dochu”. Procession of tayū and kamuro through the “flower town” (hanamichi), Kyoto, c. 1920.
“Gion Kobu Hanamikouji”, Kyoto, c. 1920.
Geisha and full moon, unknown artist, c. 1905.
Geisha playing billiards, c. 1920.
Maiko playing “onigokko” (“devil catch”), c. 1920.
“Ladies’ hair-dresser”, c. 1930.
“Maruyama-machi” (Licensed quarter), Nagasaki, c. 1910.
“Who frightened who?”, c. 1927.
“Akita Obako”, c. 1930.
Yanebune on the Sumida River, c. 1910.
“The Japanese Smile”, c. 1910.
Dancing geisha, c. 1920.
Shikomi with pail and brush, c. 1910.
Geisha with flower, c. 1910.
Miyako Odori, Koyoto, c. 1940.
Three playful, smiling maiko, c. 1910.
Maiko with “Nipponophone”, c. 1910.
Making mochi, c. 1910.
Manyasuro Restaurant (Tea House), Kyobashi, c. 1900.
Japanese Umbrella (Kasa), c. 1910.
Mizaru, Kikazaru & Iwazaru (See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil), c. 1910.
The Game of “Go”, c. 1910.

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