Geishas Collection (#7)

Japan - Three Geisha Girls playing traditional instruments - two on drums and one playing the Shamisen. Date: circa 1904

Japan - Geisha portrait Date: circa 1902

Japan - Geisha writing a letter Date: circa 1902

Japan - Women performing a variety of tasks in the home
Japan - Three women house staff performing a variety of tasks in the home - their Geisha Mistress is looking out of the window in the background, seemingly ignoring their endeavours. Date: circa 1900

Japan - Geisha girls playing Go
Three Japanese Geisha girls in Japan, playing the popular boardgame Go in their beautiful Kimonos, while enjoying tea. Date: circa 1900

Japan - Geisha arrives at a friends home
Japan - A Geisha and female companion arrives at another friends home. Date: circa 1903

Japan - Geisha in travelling chair taking a rest. Another Geisha girl stands to one side and the two porters are taking the opportunity to have a quick smoke. Date: circa 1903

Japan - Geisha Girls eating noodles Date: circa 1905

Japan - Geisha with crickets in a small cage. Date: circa 1905

Japan - Two Japanese Geisha Girls pose on a small boat Date: circa 1904

Japan - Three Japanese Geisha Girls - Ornamental Garden Date: circa 1904

Japan - Japanese Geisha Girl in studio garden setting, featuring fencing, stepping stones and reed-veiled gateway Date: circa 1904

Japan - Japanese Geisha Girls posing with fans. Date: circa 1903

Japan - Geisha Girl with elaborately pinned hair. Date: circa 1903

Japan - Three Geisha Girls outside traditional Japanese home Date: circa 1916

Japan - Geisha Girl walking in garden - bizarre expression
Japan - Geisha Girl walking in garden - she is exhibiting a rather bizarre facial expression - not her best look one would imagine. Date: circa 1910s

Japan - Geisha Girl - reading a book at a small table Date: circa 1910s

Japan - Two Geisha Girls - posing in an ornamental garden Date: circa 1910s

Japan - Geisha Girl - posing at home with two house staff
Japan - Geisha Girl - posing at her home with two house staff Date: circa 1910s

Japan - Two Geisha Girls - pose in an ornamental garden. Date: circa 1906

Japan - Three Geisha Girls - studio pose Date: circa 1906

Japanese - Geisha Girls - Studio Photograph
Japanese - Geisha Girl about to pat back a soft ball - Studio Photograph Date: circa 1906

A decorative box seller and three geisha customers - Japan Date: circa 1906

Kyoto, Japan - Gion (Gion-machi) - Kyotos most famous geisha (pleasure) district. Date: circa 1910s

Japan - Women dancing and playing musical instruments, including a Shamisen (right). Date: circa 1906

Japan - Women (and a child) share tea and food Date: circa 1906

Japanese Geisha Ensemble with Musical Instruments (including bells and Shamisen), performing on a staging on the seafront. The tea ceremony appears to be occurring at the same time. Date: 1902

Tamao-Dayu - Famous Geisha, Japan & Komagata, Tokyo. Beautiful Japanese promotional postcard for the Toyo Kisen Kaisha Shipping Company which ran services between San Francisco, China and Japan

Six Japanese Ladies, Japan Date: circa 1910s

Two geishas dressing for a festival, 1785. One is putting on a sock with shaping for big toe. Lamp with paper shade, front right. Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806) Japanese Uukiyo-e artist

Design for Dress Silk or Print with Japanese figures

Japan - Geisha girls mock fighting
Japan - Geisha girls at play. They may be either mock fighting (the geisha on the left appears to have balled fists) or possibly playing scissors-paper-rock, which originated in Japan

Four geishas together

Geishas doing their hair

Geishas in garden

Racial / Japan / Geishas / Ken
Two geisha playing the game Ken

Racial / Japan / Geisha / Hair
A geisha adjusts her elaborate hair style

Racial / Geisha Makes Up
A young geisha applies her characteristic make-up

Racial / Japan / Geishas
A group of geisha in their traditional dress with ornamental parasols

Racial / Japan / Geisha 1900
A portrait of a geisha holding a parasol and characteristically made up with a pale face and red lips

Racial / Japan / Geisha 20C
A Japanese Geisha

Geisha At Her Toilet, 1902
O-Koto-San at her morning toilet

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