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After a lot of consideration, I think that she might be a minarai (watching apprentice) from Osaka, rather than a kamuro (child attendant to a courtesan), as her kanzashi (hair ornaments) are very similar to those worn by Osaka maiko (apprentice geisha) during the Taisho period, and the round kanzashi on her left is typical of Osaka. Her O-tabako-bon hairstyle indicates that she is only about seven or eight years old, too young to be a maiko, as girls usually became a maiko around the age of ... Japanese Cottage, Traditional Japanese Clothing, Delightful Dolls, Japanese Costume, Turning Japanese, Japanese Photography, Japanese Clothing, Japanese History, Japanese Geisha

After a lot of consideration, I think that she might be a minarai (watching apprentice) from Osaka, rather than a kamuro (child attendant to a courtesan), as her kanzashi (hair ornaments) are very similar to those worn by Osaka maiko (apprentice geisha) during the Taisho period, and the round kanzashi on her left is typical of Osaka. Her O-tabako-bon hairstyle indicates that she is only about seven or eight years old, too young to be a maiko, as girls usually became a maiko around the age of…

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Tomigiku 1910s Japanese Photography, Japanese Geisha, Art Japonais, Japan Photo, Roaring Twenties, Maneki Neko, Vintage Portraits, Japan Art, Vintage Japan

"...During the years Taisho 10 and Taisho 11 (1921 and 1922), Tomigiku was one of the great beauties of Kyoto. With her long eyelashes, and watery eyes reflecting the light, it is said that she was worth her weight in gold. She turned heads wherever she went. If anyone walking around the Maruyama and Gion areas happened to catch a glimpse of her walking by, just the mere sight of her stopped them in their tracks, and they saw her on her way as someone seeing off a person of high rank or…

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