Sadayakko (貞奴), also Sada Yacco, was the stage name of the first Japanese actress and dancer, derived from a combination of her real name, Sada Koyama, and her geisha name, Yakko.
Sadayakko – Sada Yacco
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Foujita painting, 1910s-1950s
Nobuyoshi Araki :: from ’Tokyo Tabi Nikki’ | ‘Tokyo Travel Diary’ featuring Uiko Fujino, Japanese actress who appeared in 2003 film ‘Travel Diary of a Disappearance’, directed by Isamu Yamada.
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Sumako Matsui plays Nora in Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House”, Japan, 1911. | src Twitter @1632bdkrst via
Japanese actress Michiyo
Kogure in Yuki fujin ezu (The Portrait of Madame Yuki), Japan – 1950, Directed by
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Yoshiko Tsubouchi in “Shima no Musume” (The Island Girl) directed by Nomura Hotei, Shōchiku prod., 1933 (src: early Japanese cinema)
Actress Komato Sungata, ca. 1920 (Ph. by Nikkatsu Corporation, formerly Nippon Katsudō Shashin) / src: Early Japanese cinema
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