Flickr user Vintage Lulu is sharing her collection of Geisha postcards from late 19th and early 20th century; some of the postcards are reproduction and purchased in Japan while others original period pieces acquired in the UK… [via Neatorama]
I am not sure if geisha is the right word to describe the postcards though… most of those ladies look like ordinary people (including some westerners) wearing traditional Japanese kimonos instead of real geishas. The pics are pretty neat nonetheless.
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they look so short, which makes them cute too.
i want to try on a kimono one day!
Most of the cards on Flickr are of Westerners wearing kimonos and otherwise looking ‘Japanese’. The above card is probably from the 1930’s. The women with the hanging sashes (obis) are maiko, which are girls training to be geisha.
ic, thanks for the note psteier.