Hairdressing

Hairdressing

A woman is looking in a mirror, preparing to go out. Her obi sash is tied in the darari-musubi (hanging tie) fashion popular among the daughters of wealthy merchants and samurai. They often wear brightly coloured collar attachments.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number91‐27‐0]

Woman playing a blindfold game (treasure mine and gold mine)

Woman playing a blindfold game (treasure mine and gold mine)

Young women are enjoying a game in a Japanese garden with stone lanterns. Their sashes are tied in loose darari-musubi style, and they are wearing bokkuri wooden clogs. The red colour of the juban (undergarment) is peeping through the hem of their kimono. They are of course posing for this photograph. The English title on the lower left reads GIRLS PLAYING. This is a typical photograph produced for foreigners.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number89‐14‐0]

A maiko seen from the rear

A maiko seen from the rear

Maiko are girls who entertain quests at a banquet by dancing. Today, the maiko of the Gion Quarter of Kyoto are famous. The maiko's sash is tied loosely and the ends left to hang. Called darari musubi, this tying method was popular in the Edo Period. The maiko of Kyoto still wear kimono in this fashion. The hair seems to be arranged in ware shinobu style.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number72‐89‐0]

Girls

Girls

This is a coloured photograph of three women wearing colourful hairpins and kimono. Their sashes are tied in loose darari-musubi style. They may be maiko or hangyoku child entertainers. This is probably a studio photograph.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number49‐45‐0]

A mother and her daughters

A mother and her daughters

This is a studio photograph of three women, probably a mother and her two daughters. Mt. Fuji is painted on the curtain in the back. This is a typical coloured souvenir photograph produced for foreign visitors. The floral hairpins, sash tied in the darari-musubi style and wooden clogs were all popular among girls of the Meiji Period.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐34‐0]