Guests and geikos at a small Japanese restaurant

Guests and geikos at a small Japanese restaurant

A female customer sits in a guest room in a restaurant. The woman in the centre is probably the customer. The dishes are placed in front of her. The other women are filling a tobacco pipe, playing a shamisen lute and serving sake. The man on the left is a drum holder.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number49‐21‐0]

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  • ILEA000319637
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  • 1900/12/31 00:19:00
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  • Nagasaki University Library / Kyodo News Images
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  • Nagasaki University Library
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