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Geisha/Maiko

Maid holding “tenugui” [cotton hand towel], c. 1920.
Shimbashi Enbujo Theater, Shimbashi, Tokyo, c. 1930.
“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.
“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.

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