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Woman dancing to musical instraments

This is a so-odori or all-geisha singing and dancing performance. The women wear the same costume. Derived from Edo era kabuki dancing, this is a Japanese version of the synchronized dancing of the mid-Meiji Period. From around this time Western music and dancing was becoming popular. This popularization brought the birth of female opera companies like Takarazuka and Shochiku .==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number83‐2‐0]

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Women playing Japanese musical instraments

Women in festival costume are probably playing festival songs. You can almost hear the sounds of bamboo flutes, hand-held metal gongs and taiko drums.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number64‐4‐0]

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Women playing Japanese musical instraments

This is probably a room in traditional Japanese restaurant. The five women hold (from left) a taiko drum, tsuzumi hand-held drum, and shamisen lutes. A gekkin (moon lute), which is used in Chinese folk songs, is displayed in the alcove.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐158‐2]

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Geikos holding musical instraments

These entertainers were called geiko. Experts in performing arts, they created an atmosphere of conviviality at parties. Visible (from right) are a shamisen lute, a small drum and large drum, a flute and a taiko drum. This setting is similar to the goninbayashi (five court musicians) seen in the doll festival for girls, although the latter sing rather than playing music.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐19‐0]

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Women playing Japanese musical instraments

Women for shamisen and voice sit at the right hand side of the stage, and women in charge of lutes, and drums sit at the left hand side of the stage. The sound they produce is seemingly very impressive.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number43‐15‐0]

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Women playing Japanese musical instraments

Eight women play Japanese instruments. The front row is the Ohayashi group with lutes, big and small drums, with two shamisen players and two singers in the back row.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number40‐40‐0]

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Women playing Japanese musical instraments

Four women wearing kimono and hair done in Japanese style play the koto, minteki (lute used for Ming music), teikin and gekkin.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number12‐1‐0]

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Geikos holding musical instraments

Geikos holding musical instraments==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Geikos holding musical instraments

Geikos holding musical instraments==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:A. Farsari, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Women playing Japanese musical instraments

Women playing Japanese musical instraments==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Women playing Japanese musical instraments

Women playing Japanese musical instraments==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Women playing Japanese musical instraments

Women playing Japanese musical instraments==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)