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Female street singers

Female street singers

Although entitled Japanese Singers, this staged scene actually shows torioi (bird chasing) strolling musicians. Originally part of celebratory ritual, torioi eventually turned into a custom called Kadozuke-gei. The torioi were strolling female musicians wearing distinctive amigasa hats and playing the shamisen. They went from door to door playing music and expressing good wishes for a small charge.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Usui Shuzaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number94‐14‐0]

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Shime-kazari,a sacred festoon,and a geisha

Shime-kazari,a sacred festoon,and a geisha

A geisha stands under the Shimekazari (rope decoration) dressed as a strolling singer (Torioi onna). Strolling singers collected donations wearing a braided hat and playing the shamisen.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number44‐20‐0]

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