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Geisha establishments court new business

KOCHI, Japan - A female customer (L) enjoys chatting with a geisha girl during a women-only group dinner plan accompanied by "ozashiki asobi," or playing games with geisha girls and watching their dancing performance, offered by a traditional "ryotei" Japanese restaurant in Kochi, Kochi Prefecture, on Dec. 28, 2012.

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Geisha establishments court new business

KOCHI, Japan - Women watch geisha girls (C) dance during a women-only group dinner plan accompanied by "ozashiki asobi," or playing games with geisha girls and watching their dancing performance, offered by a traditional "ryotei" Japanese restaurant in Kochi, Kochi Prefecture on Dec. 28, 2012.

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Greetings in an ozashiki

New Year's decorations are visible in the tokonoma (alcove) in the centre. Cranes are painted on a hanging scroll. Two women clad in kimono are exchanging a polite New Year's greeting. Women's New Year was celebrated on January 9th (not 1st). Women visited people's houses to offer New Year's greeting within the period of the New Year holiday. The English title reads JAPONIS ROOM.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐129‐0]

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Women performing ozashiki dance

One woman is wearing a hachimaki (head towel). Three women are dancing to the music of a shamisen (three-stringed lute), their sleeves tied up with cords and their legs lifted high. This is a playful, not traditional and refined, dance.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐2‐0]

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Women performing ozashiki dance

One woman is wearing a hachimaki (head towel). Three women are dancing to the music of a shamisen (three-stringed lute), their sleeves tied up with cords and their legs lifted high. This is a playful, not traditional and refined, dance.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number49‐17‐0]

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Women carrying dishes

A woman is shown standing up with a portable meal table while another woman is about to stand up. The meal set on the table consists of miso soup, three kinds of vegetables and cooked rice. A hanging scroll and flowers arranged in a pot are visible in the tokonoma alcove behind them, and a gekkin lute is placed against the wall. This type of room is called an ozashiki.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐37‐0]

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Greetings in an ozashiki (a guest room)

Guests are welcomed in a room with a tokonoma alcove, and greetings are exchanged. This is a dramatized photo of the Japanese custom of serving tea and bowing deeply.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number11‐46‐0]

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Greetings in an ozashiki (a guest room)

The English caption reads Welcome greetings for a guest in the living room . A dramatized photo of inviting a guest into the living room. Serving tea and bowing deeply in greeting is a custom particular to the Japanese.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number7‐45‐0]