Maiko (apprentice Geisha) from Kyoto wearing their distinctive Darari Obi (dangling obi) and Hikizuri Kimono, which have full hems that trail after the wearer, 1931
(source: Nationaal Archief / Het Leven magazine)
Tag: traditional clothes
Dutch skater in traditional costume, The Netherlands, 1933, location unknown / original source: Nationaal Archief
TERUHA -the nine fingered-geisha or the nine-fingered priest- Looking Cool, Calm, and Collected in Old Japan While Her
Bandaged Little Finger Tells a Troubled Tale – or, The Full Story of How she Became Known as ‘The Nine-Fingered Geisha’, 1910| src: Okinawa Soba (Flickr)
TERUHA (the nine fingered-geisha or the nine-fingered priest) with Flower and Doll,
ca. 1910 | src: Okinawa Soba (Flickr)
Teruha at age 14,
when she was either still a MAIKO named CHIYOHA in Osaka, or a
MAIKO named CHIYOHA in Tokyo, where she had recently moved to escape her
scandalous reputation as “The Maiko without a Little Finger”.
Teruha, aka the nine fingered-geisha or the nine-fingered priest | src: Okinawa Soba (Flickr)
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