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A woman reading a book

Two women are reading. During the Edo Period, women often wore brightly coloured collar covers called han'eri, over the inner layer of their kimono as in this photograph, and black satin for the outer layer of the kimono.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number91‐45‐0]

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A girl in profile in the mirror

A Japanese woman wears a furisode kimono with iris flower designs and a deep crimson han'eri (removable neckpiece). She has beautiful black hair and shining skin. Her sense of beauty may have been refined by the spirit of civilization and enlightenment in the Meiji Period. It makes the viewer yearn for Meiji Japan.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐125‐0]

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A girl holding an umbrella

A girl is holding a Japanese-style parasol with a small flower pattern on it. The collar of her han'eri is bright. Her hair is arranged in momoware style, which was popular among young girls during the mid-Meiji Period.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐62‐0]