Bathers, Japan

Japanese students await a turn in the water for a swimming lesson in this 1927 autochrome.

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Maiko Girl

A Maiko Girl (Apprentice Geisha) wearing a Shibori Kimono and a Kusadama (Flower Balls and Ribbons) Obi, 1914

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Old Japan

Old Japan, Happy children in the park, Ca.1900-05 photo attrib to KOZABURAO TAMAMURA of Yokohama, and published as a hand-tinted Lantern Slide by T. TAKAGI of Kobe.

Source: flickr | T. Takagi of Kobe

Vintage Postcard

A group of Maiko (Apprentice Geisha) standing on the riverbank. Maiko Momotaro is third from the left, facing Maiko Fumiryu. This postcard dates to the late 1910s or early 1920s

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Vintage Postcard

A Lovely Maiko Poses by the Kamo River in Old Kyoto

Baron Raimund von Stillfried Photography

Baron Raimund von Stillfried (6 August 1839, Komotau  – 12 August 1911, later years in the 19th century, demonstrate Stillfried innate ability to capture the delicate and seductive spirit of Japanese culture.

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Geishas

Meiji Era Geisha's as Bathing Beauties, c. 1900s

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Leonard Tsugouharu Foujita

Leonard Tsugouharu Foujita (藤田 嗣治 Fujita Tsuguharu, November 27, 1886 – January 29, 1968) was a painter and printmaker born in Tokyo, Japan who applied Japanese ink techniques to Western style paintings.

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Vintage Photo

Vintage Barefoot Japanese girl knitting a sweater  c.1920s

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Vintage Photo

Sisters in the Back Garden

 Source: whowerethey | by Mrs. Marvel | in 1920's | Japanese girls

Vintage Photo

Festival of the Temple of Gion, Kyoto, Japan, 1930 | photo by F. M. Trautz | tumblr