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Gaijin Geisha and Geisha Gaijin

        posted by John Spacey, Japan Talk, November 12, 2011

In the late 19th century Japanese kimono were all the rage in Europe.

vintage kimono

Around the same time it was popular to photograph Geisha in Western fashions.

vintage European fashion

Kimono were (and are) very expensive. A Kimono from Japan cost well over an average year's salary in Europe. Here actress Evelyn Nesbit models one.

gibson girl

Geisha in a Christian pose

christianity in Japan

Westerners usually wore Kimonos incorrectly

kimono

A Geisha bride

geisha bride

Wealthy Hungarian sisters

vintage japanese fashion

Geisha (perhaps Maiko) beauties

vintage japanese photo

geisha in drag

vintage western dresses
 
 
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