Geisha holding pipes

Geisha holding pipes

Two geisha wear their hair in marumage style with kanzashi hairpins. This is a room on the second floor of a house, with a chest of drawers on the right. The geisha on the left is holding a long tobacco pipe. A tobacco tray is placed at her knee, and a shamisen lute is leaning on the handrail. The background scene is a painting on a studio curtain. The carpet on the floor is also a prop.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number90‐19‐0]

Girls practicing traditional songs

Girls practicing traditional songs

Two women hold shamisen (three-stringed lutes) while another woman holds a song book. This seems to be a scene from a regular practice session. The hairstyles with kanzashi (hairpins) and the look of the kimono collars suggest that the women are professionals.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number69‐43‐0]

A woman carrying a portable candlestick

A woman carrying a portable candlestick

A woman with a portable lantern casts a sidelong glance. She has a kanzashi hairpin in her hair. The maruobi sash and type of kimono suggest that she is a maiko dancer. The base of a body supporter is visible. This was used to keep the subject immobile while the shutter was open.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐72‐0]

A table and a woman

A table and a woman

A woman wearing her kimono rather casually poses with her hand on top of a table covered with lace. Two kanzashi hairpins decorate her unarranged hair. The Western-style chair suggests that this was taken in a studio.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number49‐44‐0]

A table and a woman

A table and a woman

A woman in a long haori coat over her kimono is posing with her hand on top of a tall table covered with lace. There are two kanzashi hairpins decorating her hair arranged in shimada style.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number49‐30‐0]

A woman with an ornamental hairpin

A woman with an ornamental hairpin

A girl holding a fan wears a kimono with tucked shoulders (to allow for growth) and a loosely hanging sash. Her appearance indicates that she is training to be a geisha. The kanzashi hairpin seems rather pretentious, but it may be a gift from a patron.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number49‐29‐0]

Women making tea

Women making tea

Three young women have their hair arranged in the takashimada style popular in the Meiji Period. Tea is being served. Each woman wear a furisode kimono and kanzashi hairpins. This is a formal costume. Cherry blossoms are painted on the fusuma sliding doors and on the scroll in the tokonoma (alcove) in the background.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐6‐0]