Maiko Kanoko 1930s (by Blue Ruin1)
Maiko Teru checking her Make-up 1930s (by Blue Ruin1)
1990年 京都 舞妓さん (by 赤いミルク)
Niigata Bijin Shio Odori 1930s (by Blue Ruin1)
Captioned 新潟美人盐踊り Niigata beauty salt dance
Maiko at Kiyomizu-dera (by rosarote)
Two maiko at a temizuya/chouzuya (place for washing hands and mouth before entering a shrine) outside the Kiyomizu-dera in Eastern Kyoto.
Geiko Fukusuke 1930s (by Blue Ruin1)
Geiko (Geisha) Fukusuke, wearing a rinzu (figured silk) kimono with a delicate honmon pattern of interlocking swastikas (a Buddhist motif), interspersed with flowers and arabesques.
Maiko and Geiko by the Kamogawa (by rosarote)
![Dragon and Pearl Obi 1910s (by Blue Ruin1)
Maiko (Apprentice Geisha) Momotaro, dancing with a mai-ogi (dancing fan), her obi (sash) decorated with dragons and pearls.
“The dragon is often depicted surrounded by little flames and running after a [spherical] jewel, tama, sometimes having caught it in its claws. This is the jewel of omnipotence, the jewel that fulfils all desires, often represented in Far Eastern art. Some authors are explaining this jewel as the sun hidden by rainclouds. Others… hold the opinion that it represents the thunder.”
According to “The Animal in Far Eastern Art” by T. Volker, first published 1950, page 64.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/848afd1165a926a51a14401869fe29bb/tumblr_mmr4ncRst71qedijlo1_500.jpg)
Dragon and Pearl Obi 1910s (by Blue Ruin1)
Maiko (Apprentice Geisha) Momotaro, dancing with a mai-ogi (dancing fan), her obi (sash) decorated with dragons and pearls.
“The dragon is often depicted surrounded by little flames and running after a [spherical] jewel, tama, sometimes having caught it in its claws. This is the jewel of omnipotence, the jewel that fulfils all desires, often represented in Far Eastern art. Some authors are explaining this jewel as the sun hidden by rainclouds. Others… hold the opinion that it represents the thunder.”
According to “The Animal in Far Eastern Art” by T. Volker, first published 1950, page 64.
![A Maiko in a Ceremonial Kimono 1920s (by Blue Ruin1)
“The maiko [apprentice geisha] and geiko [geisha] have two sets of ceremonial crested kimono one for winter, the other for summer… The maiko’s kimono, which is of winter weight, plus all its accessories, weighs almost twenty kilograms [forty-four pounds], which may be half what she weighs herself, not surprisingly, it takes some time to get accustomed to it.”
From “Geisha: a living tradition” by Kyoko Aihara, first published 1999, pages 63 & 66.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/c8c05114d7dfd1856be497851cf8d1fe/tumblr_mmolbwi1vy1qedijlo1_500.jpg)
A Maiko in a Ceremonial Kimono 1920s (by Blue Ruin1)
“The maiko [apprentice geisha] and geiko [geisha] have two sets of ceremonial crested kimono one for winter, the other for summer… The maiko’s kimono, which is of winter weight, plus all its accessories, weighs almost twenty kilograms [forty-four pounds], which may be half what she weighs herself, not surprisingly, it takes some time to get accustomed to it.”
From “Geisha: a living tradition” by Kyoko Aihara, first published 1999, pages 63 & 66.
