A woman holding a pipe

A woman holding a pipe

A woman with a tobacco pipe and a girl are in a small room. The woman, who wears her hair in marumage style, might be a geisha. She wears a vertically striped kimono with a black collar and a sash tied in shimabara-musubi style. A flower vase and a tray with a sake set are lying near her knees. The girl touching the paper sliding window may be an apprentice geisha. She is wearing a vertically striped furisode kimono.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number49‐37‐0]

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  • ILEA000319654
  • Registered date
  • 1900/12/31 00:19:00
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  • Nagasaki University Library / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • Nagasaki University Library
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  • 2048 × 3072 pixel
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  • 3.83(MB)*
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