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    Apprentice Geisha from Kobe (1910) This postcard was published by Sakaeva & Co., Kobe in around 1910. By 1917 there were over a thousand Geisha living and working in the then nouveau riche Port city of Kobe, most of the girls having been imported from Osaka, Kyoto, Tokyo and other towns, only about one in ten were actually native to Kobe.(source)

    Apprentice Geisha from Kobe (1910)

    This postcard was published by Sakaeva & Co., Kobe in around 1910.

    By 1917 there were over a thousand Geisha living and working in the then nouveau riche Port city of Kobe, most of the girls having been imported from Osaka, Kyoto, Tokyo and other towns, only about one in ten were actually native to Kobe.(source)