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Okazaki no Neko by Blue Ruin 1

<br /><i>Via Flickr:</i> <br />Detail from two panels of a triptych by Utagawa Kunisada III, showing a scene from the Kabuki play “Okazaki no Neko” (The Cat of Okazaki), which recounts the legend of a roadside house haunted by a giant cat monster that appears in the guise of an old woman. This print has been water damaged.

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Retour de Sa Majesté Bao-Dai, Empereur d'Annam (8-9-1932) by manhhai

In front of the Residence-Mayor, authorities going to meet His Majesty Bao-Dai.

Phía trước Tòa Thị chính Tourane (Đà Nẵng), các giới chức đến đón Hoàng đế Bảo Đại.

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Tayuu Yagumo of Shimabara 1920s by Blue Ruin 1

<br /><i>Via Flickr:</i> <br />Tayuu Yagumo (or Yakumo) of Shimabara. A hand-coloured postcard from the late 1910s or early 1920s.

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005-Álbum de caras de la ópera de la Oficina de la Gran Paz-1851-1911-Biblioteca Digital Mundial by Cesar Ojeda

<br /><i>Via Flickr:</i> <br /><a href="http://www.odisea2008.com" rel="nofollow">www.odisea2008.com</a>

Cortesía de: Biblioteca Nacional de China Referencia post: www.odisea2008.com/2013/05/disfraces-de-la-opera-de-pekin…

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Tiresome - after Yoshitoshi 1920s by Blue Ruin 1

<br /><i>Via Flickr:</i> <br />This is a small, postcard-sized woodblock print based on an 1888 original by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi entitled, “Urusa-so: Kansei nenkan shoju no fuzoku” (Tiresome: the appearance of a virgin of the Kansei era) from his series “Fuzoku Sanjuniso” (Thirty-two aspects of women), published by Tsunashima Kamekichi.

This small-format woodblock print, commissioned by Akiyama Buemon in the early 20th Century, was re-carved using Yoshitoshi’s original woodblocks as a guide and although simplified, it remains largely true to the original, the most obvious exception being the pink background colour (the original is a graduated gray colour).

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Artist: Koho Title: Shinobazu Pond At Night Ca 1910-1930

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Carte de Visite 1870s by Blue Ruin 1

<br /><i>Via Flickr:</i> <br />Three Geisha in a teahouse, the Geisha on the left is filling her pipe from a tobacco pouch.

This carte de visite is marked “Stillfried & Andersen, Yokohama”, which dates it to between 1875 and 1884, although Stillfried had left the partnership by 1878. It has a very painterly composition, so it is no surprise to find that Stillfried was a painter amongst his many and varied careers.

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Geisha in Semi-Profile 1900 by Blue Ruin 1

<br /><i>Via Flickr:</i> <br />Her obi is a little bit messy, but her hair is immaculate.

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Collecting Seashells 1910s by Blue Ruin 1

<br /><i>Via Flickr:</i> <br />A rather whimsical, studio portrait of two Geisha.

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Maiko Fukuyo 1913 by Blue Ruin 1

<br /><i>Via Flickr:</i> <br />Maiko (Apprentice Geisha) Fukuyo, she appears in the same outfit in the 1913 & 1914 "Miyako Odori" programme. In the top right-hand corner of this postcard is written in faint blue ink "This is a beautiful Maiko".

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Ikebana 1880s by Blue Ruin 1

<br /><i>Via Flickr:</i> <br />One half of a stereoview of a Maiko girl kneeling beside an Ikebana flower arrangement.

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A Maiko Girl welcomes Miss Katherine Stinson to Japan, December 1916 by Blue Ruin 1

<br /><i>Via Flickr:</i> <br />In 1916 Miss Katherine Stinson, the American Aviatrix, was the first woman to fly in Japan. She attracted crowds of up to 25,000 people to watch her exhibition of stunt flying, which included sky writing at night with fireworks and the “loop the loop” manoeuvre.

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Maiko 1910 by Blue Ruin 1

<br /><i>Via Flickr:</i> <br />I am not quite sure what her hand gesture means, whether it is a greeting or has some other significance.

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Geisha Looking Relaxed 1888

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Kajita Hanko, White Chrysanthemums (detail) 

1902

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Bijin with her hair down 1940s by Blue Ruin 1

<br /><i>Via Flickr:</i> <br />She looks so sad.