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I love the deep red and old gold colours of her obi. Osaka?
It is interesting that the obi that this Maiko Girl is wearing is almost exactly the same as that of the Tayu in the previous picture.
From a Sample Set of Classic Meiji and Taisho-era Japan Stereoview and Lantern-Slide images by Japanese Photographer T. ENAMI (1859-1929). See www.t-enami.org The MOTHER-LOAD of T. ENAMI images is found HERE : www.flickr.com/photos/24443965@N08/collections/7215761388... RANDOM SOBA : www.flickriver.com/photos/24443965@N08/random/
This is a Meiji Era, hand-coloured postcard. Across the snowman is written the girl's name "Fanny".
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A Maiko (Apprentice Geisha) wearing a beautiful Shibori Hikizuri (Trailing Kimono). A postcard from the late 1920s or early 1930s.
A lovely postcard from the mid 1930s showing Maiko Mameraku in the final weeks of her apprenticeship.
Geiko (geisha) Kayo on the right, with Geiko Chiyo on the left. Unusually for the time, they appear to be smiling or even laughing. Her name is written in kanji on the reverse, sometimes with the honourable prefix O (お), e.g. O-Kayo.
A full body shot of an old kimono from a vintage Japanese family album that I am currently scanning. These photos are pre-war era, though I don't know the exact dates. Some of the photos have studio stamps, but this one does not.
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Flickr member "hisuiJADE" inspired me to post this shot in response to a comment he made about another picture seen here : www.flickr.com/photos/24443965@N08/2539033227/ Flickr member hisuiJADE also points out that in THIS case, while there is no obvious "drop cloth" under her, the girl does have a protective floor covering of rolled-out "Goza" [rush mats] over the more expensive Tatami mats while working with her dishes of paint. In any case, a beautiful image full of art, and carefully tinted. The above is a SALT PRINT. Here is and ALBUMEN PRINT version in the Ookami Dou Collection : www.flickr.com/photos/15693951@N00/5776992499/in/set-7215... ************************************* SALT PRINTS are a rare oddity from a world long gone. No emulsion, No baryta layer, and No coatings of any kind -- the photographic image being saturated directly into the fibers of the fragile paper. Perhaps the paper was salted by dipping it in a bucket of sea water during the summer months. The sliver nitrate was brushed on the paper and dried before sandwiching it with a huge glass negative. It was then printed under the sun for 10 minutes to half-an-hour as the above image slowly appeared on the paper. Fixed, washed, dried, hand-tinted, done. There's nothing nicer than a well done Salt Print.
A Japanese Beauty smelling the perfume of two roses.
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A vintage photo of a woman in a kimono. Scanned from an old Japanese family album that I am posting in its entirety. Not sure of the age, but pre-WWII.
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For some reason, Japanese girls wearing any kinds of swords and armor really turn me on. Come on ! I'm ready for ya ! www.flickr.com/photos/24443965@N08/2785755328/ Meiji-era collotype. Photographer unknown. RANDOM SOBA : www.flickriver.com/photos/24443965@N08/random/
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Nice Hair ! She looks totally focused on those flowers. ****************************************** The above image is a part of T. ENAMI'S post-1923 portfolio of "resurrection images", as he tried to re-build his stock of classic images that were lost in the Great Kanto Earthquake of Sept. 1st, 1926. With what appears to have been some troublesome camera equipment (many, but not all of the images from this period have focus problems in the exact same plane of all images affected) added to the less-than-desirable circumstances of a make-shift darkroom on the recovering ruins of Benten Street, Enami did his best with what supplies he could muster. Enami was already in his 60s when the Earthquake struck, and would pass away at age 70 in 1929. However,during his last few years, he recovered not only his reputation as a producer of fine transparencies, but created enough old and new image stock to put his studio on a firm enough footing to allow his son TAMOTSU to carry on until the studio came to an end in 1945. In the end, the content (rather than quality) of the images taken in the days after the earthquake remain a valuable portrait of Japan during those times. www.t-enami.org/
All I can say is, if this guy paid too many visits to our neighborhood, he would have put us in the "poor house". My wife loves flowers, and would have probably bought him out of his stock every time. Fortunately, I was able to divert my wife from such a temptation by providing her with an abundance of flowers --- absolutely free. How I did it is explained right here : www.flickr.com/photos/24443965@N08/2453415487/ PS. Notice the stem cutting shears in the flower seller's hand, and the watering can in the box at the front.
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From an old late-Meiji to early-Taisho-era glass lantern slide. Either the original negative, or the final development was uneven from left to right. I have posted as is. The candid content of the raw scene is too good to let some processing problems keep the image in one of my boxes.
A vintage full-body photograph of a woman in kimono. The photo is stamped "Nonomiya Kudan Tokyo" This is a scan from an old Japanese family album (likely from the 1930s) that I am currently scanning.
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This postcard shows Eiryō hugging a doll to her chest. I like the bekko comb in her hair. Eiryō II (栄龍) Prosperous Dragon A Meiji and Taisho era Geisha from Shinbashi Hanamachi in Tokyo. Born in Nagoya, her real name was Rino Ito. She made her debut at the age of 14, on New Year's Day 1910. Eiryō II succeeded Eiryō I, who was one of the First Septet (group of seven top geisha) of Shinbashi.
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A seated woman in a kimono. This is a vintage photo taken from an old Japanese family album - maybe sometime in the 1930s, but not sure.
From a Sample Set of Classic Meiji and Taisho-era Japan Stereoview and Lantern-Slide images by Japanese Photographer T. ENAMI (1859-1929). Woman in view would be a Geisha hired to model as a "housewife". See www.t-enami.org The MOTHER-LOAD of T. ENAMI images is found HERE : www.flickr.com/photos/24443965@N08/collections/7215761388... RANDOM SOBA : www.flickriver.com/photos/24443965@N08/random/
1886-1914 These amazing hand-colored photographs of old Japan give us a history lesson about what life was like in the late 1800's to early 1900's. As an
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I think Miss Plum Blossom has a thing for Mr. Maguro. And I think he has a thing for her, too. Just look at their faces as they eye each other in the privacy of that little bamboo "sales room" of the Garden Center. She never gives that cute little smile to any of the other guys, and Maguro's friends say he's been acting odd for the past couple of weeks....... Seems they've been making small talk for the past hour or so, and have gathered a small crowd peeking around the fence post. I'll bet she has absolutely NO interest in the little Morning Glory basket in her hand. I heard later that Mr. Maguro gave it to her, and someone else said she waits for him every day at the Cherry Tree by the river. Love and Romance in old Morning Glory Japan.
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1886-1914 These amazing hand-colored photographs of old Japan give us a history lesson about what life was like in the late 1800's to early 1900's. As an
