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‘Woman seated on the left is Era Kayo, who was a popular geiko in the Gion district of Kyoto during the 1870s, with geiko Chiyo standing on the right.’ They are dressed as kago-ya (palanquin bearers). Japan 1870’s ‘This carte Read More …
‘Pipe Maker’, Japan 1880’s
Experimental field of Japanese hemp grown at the University of Kentucky Agricultural Experimental Station, photo by Louis Edward Nollau (glass plate negative). Lexington, Kentucky 1901
‘The Sleeping Girls in Japanese Bed’, a popular geisha pose with kiseru pipe. Japan 1890
‘A Maiko in Two Poses’, Japan 1900
Kago Bearers light up kiseru pipes on a break from carrying a woman traveling in a Kago or hanging chair. Hand Colored Albumen Photograph, Japan 1860
‘Old Fisherman Smoking his Pipe’ by Katsushika Hokusai c.1835
‘Dai nijūichi zu’ woodcut by Harunobu Suzuki in 1770 The print shows a woman using a ‘kenka kiseru’ or fighting pipe to beat a man who has been spying on her. The Japanese long pipes were often reinforced for use Read More …
‘Courtesan Blowing Smoke in Man’s Face’ by Suzuki Harunobu. Shunga (Japanese erotic art) woodblock print, Edo period 1769–70
Japanese custom on New Year’s Eve, monks in traditional costumes count the last seconds of the old year with an hourglass and welcome the new year by honoring fresh green leaves on a bush. Japan, 1932