images that haunt us
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Kyuzo Okamoto :: Geiko Yachiyo with an Insect Cage, vintage postcard, 1910
Insects as pets. Yachiyo was a famous Osaka geiko (geisha), known for her elegance and her lovely personality. People were said to weep with joy at the sight of her dancing. She joined the flower and willow world at the age of thirteen, left to marry at the age of twenty-nine. / source: Blue Ruin
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Geiko Tomeko, sometime around the 1930′s / source: Blue Ruin
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Geiko Tomigiku reading a Newspaper, 1921. The supremely stylish Tomigiku, dated 28/12/1921 on the reverse./ source: Blue Ruin
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Maiko Momotaro – Sakkou Hairstyle, 1920′s
“Originally believed to be worn by married women of the merchant class during the late Edo period (1603-1868), starting in the Meiji era (1868-1912) the sakkou was the hairstyle worn by apprentice geisha in the weeks leading up to their debut as full-fledged geisha.“
(Voyages en Photographie) / src: Blue Ruin
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Four Maiko Girls, 1930′s, From left to right: Mameraku, [unknown], Tamiko, Satochiyo.
I think that their obi-age (the fabric strip above their sashes) is particularly lovely. src: Blue Ruin
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