thekimonogallery:Five Osaka Maiko 1910. Five maiko (apprentice geisha) from Osaka wearing kuromont
thekimonogallery: Five Osaka Maiko 1910. Five maiko (apprentice geisha) from Osaka wearing kuromontsuki (black crested kimonos). In the centre is Chiyoha, who was shortly to become famous as Teruha, when she relocated to Tokyo in the wake of a scandal. The characters they are holding appear to be a congratulatory message for a 30th anniversary of some kind. Text and image via Blue Ruin 1 on Flickr -- source link