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THE OKIYA LIST BASIC TERMS About Me Retired maiko and geiko of Kyoto F.A.Q. HAIRSTYLES Motifs calendar
i'm a european girl who's constantly in love with geisha, japan, its culture + food + fashion. attended far east studies at some well-known university. I'm not an owner of most photos posted here. Every picture has a click-through link leading to its owner's website. If you do not want to see your photographs here, please message me.
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Important message for tourists in Kyoto
i'm a european girl who's constantly in love with geisha, japan, its culture + food + fashion. attended far east studies at some well-known university. I'm not an owner of most photos posted here. Every picture has a click-through link leading to its owner's website. If you do not want to see your photographs here, please message me.
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Important message for tourists in Kyoto
maiko Hatsuko and Hiroko, 1920s
“Hangyoku reading a newspaper”
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Two tayuu and kamuro 1909 (two high-ranking Japanese Courtesans with their attendants)
1910
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#xx century
#colored
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I was told that this photograph dates to around the 1920s, but it looks to be an unmounted albumen print and may therefore be much older. It is hand-coloured and signed by the photographer, M A McDowell, on the reverse. A ruled box for a caption that was never added appears in the bottom right-hand corner. The hand-colouring is really velvety.
