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variousnews-blog: Sake no zashiki (Drinking party), by...
variousnews-blog: Sake no zashiki (Drinking party), by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 19th centuryAll prints of All Kind of Goldfish
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tanuki-kimono:Refined shibori yukata, with kanji parable...
tanuki-kimono:Refined shibori yukata, with kanji parable “setsugekka” (“Snow, Moon, and Flower”). It references a Chinese poem written by Bai Juyi (Tang dynasty) where the beginning of a verse goes “I...
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japaneseaesthetics:Summer Party on the Bank of the Kamo River,...
japaneseaesthetics:Summer Party on the Bank of the Kamo River, by Utagawa Toyohiro, late 18th-early 19th century, Japan
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japaneseaesthetics: The Tale of Genji (detail) by Sumiyoshi...
japaneseaesthetics:The Tale of Genji (detail) by Sumiyoshi Jokei, before 1671, Japan.
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japaneseaesthetics:Woman Making a Flower Arrangement, by...
japaneseaesthetics:Woman Making a Flower Arrangement, by Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1802, Japan.
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japaneseaesthetics:Izanagi and Izanami, by Kobayashi Eitaku, ca....
japaneseaesthetics:Izanagi and Izanami, by Kobayashi Eitaku, ca. 1885, Japan.
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japaneseaesthetics:Ohara Koson: Redstart on cherry branch
japaneseaesthetics:Ohara Koson: Redstart on cherry branch
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Maki Sozan
the-cricket-chirps:Maki SozanFireflies on grasses at nightTaishô era-Shôwa era, 20th century
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japaneseaesthetics:Ohara Koson: Two Barn Swallows in Flight,...
japaneseaesthetics:Ohara Koson: Two Barn Swallows in Flight, Willow Branch and Flowering Cherry above, 1910
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thekimonogallery:Geisha disappearing into an alley, Gion...
thekimonogallery:Geisha disappearing into an alley, Gion district, Kyoto, Japan. Photography by Raphael Bick on Flickr
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Lovely early autumn outfit, pairing a lightweight brown kimono with hishi...
tanuki-kimono:Lovely early autumn outfit, pairing a lightweight brown kimono with hishi (diamond shape, originally stylized caltrop/water chestnut), with a refined obi depicting kikyo (Chinese...
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aozoramusume: Gion Bayashi aka A Geisha (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1953)
aozoramusume:Gion Bayashi aka A Geisha (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1953)
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[Shukufuku (Blessing)], moving art piece by Shiori Matsura depicting kitsune...
tanuki-kimono:[Shukufuku (Blessing)], moving art piece by Shiori Matsura depicting kitsune Kuzunoha, in her human shape, lovingly embracing her young son (who will grow to become famous onmyoji Abe no...
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wonderlartcafe: Flowering Plum and Moon by Ohara Koson. Ohara...
wonderlartcafe:Flowering Plum and Moon by Ohara Koson. Ohara Koson (1877 – 1945) was a Japanese painter and printmaker of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, part of the shin-hanga (“new prints”)...
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geisha-kai: “Many sad and tragic love affairs followed—some...
geisha-kai:“Many sad and tragic love affairs followed—some overlapping, and some without love. There were also times when a sense of duty or situation caused me to become the mistress or passing lover...
View ArticleI think my friend is lying about being a Geiko and I want to find out the...
No, both Fumino and Shino of Fukushima are still active and will be performing in the Miyako Odori next month. Your "friend" is totally lying ^^To the person who asked this: you are probably being...
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redlipstickresurrected: Tatsumi Shimura aka Tatsumi Sentaro aka...
Tatsumi Shimura aka Tatsumi Sentaro aka 志村立美 (Japanese, 1907-1980, b. Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan) - くちべに ( Lipstick ) from Two Subjects of Japanese Women, Vol 2 series, c. 1980, First Edition....
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