Geisha/Maiko

“Ladies’ hair-dresser”, c. 1930.

“Who frightened who?”, c. 1927.

The Kawakami Theater performing “Okan” at Meiji-za, Tokyo, c. 1905.

“Akita Obako”, c. 1930.

Uta-garuta (“Poem cards” game), 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.

Three ‘shikomi’ (maid apprentices), c. 1910.

Onnanoko with gekkin (instrument), c. 1910.

Geisha with Parasol, 1906.

Changing fashion (Sokuhatsu), c. 1910.

Changing fashion (“Shampoo Coiffure”), c. 1910.

Laundry girls, c. 1910.

In the Rain of Arashiyama, Kyoto, c. 1910.

Jinrikisha (Rickshaw) at Ueno Park, c. 1910.

Sansa Shigure Dancers, c. 1930-40.