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A PRETTY GEISHA and TWO MAIKO in OLD JAPAN
This is a black-and-white photograph on glass, hand-colored by a Japanese artist using dyes and pigments... all done about 110 years ago
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ANOTHER GEISHA CAPTURED BY MISSIONARIES (by Okinawa Soba)
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WINDOW LIGHT FALLS ON GEISHA AND LACE (by Okinawa Soba)
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TWIGS AND LEAVES (by Okinawa Soba)
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SHADOWS AND LIGHT, A GEISHA’S DELIGHT (by Okinawa Soba)
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LOST IN A FLOWERY STARE (by Okinawa Soba)
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LILIES ASKANCE (by Okinawa Soba)
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FLOWERS AND LACE (by Okinawa Soba)
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A GEISHA AWAKE INSIDE HER OWN DREAM (by Okinawa Soba)
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A GEISHA WITH LILIES (by Okinawa Soba)
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A PRETTY PROFILE FROM OLD JAPAN (by Okinawa Soba)
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HOW TO WEAR A KIMONO — IN LATE 1870s JAPAN (by Okinawa Soba)
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