#TOKIMATSU

[love1kimono]

Geisha Pretends to be a Blind Itinerant Minstrel

This was a popular real-life occupation for many Japanese studio photographers to "capture" during the 19th Century. I have seen at least three or four Geisha playing the part of a Blind Female Beggar, including TOKIMATSU, the "Smiling Geisha".

Called Gozenobo in Japanese, these women are now a thing of the past.

"…..The last important active goze, Haru Kobayashi (小林ハル), died in 2005, at age 105…"

[elikaina]

My brain really needs to shut up sometimes, cause tell me WHY I have soo many silly blue lock ideas??? Like:

Barosagi college/uni T.A. au

Kunigiri animal shelter au

Niko x Zantetsu brother's band au

Tabiori secret/private relationship revealed in a group outing au

Tabiori mercenary x runaway au

Tabiori 5+1 flirting au (not in the way you think, its not 5 attempts of failed flirting)

Tabeitaiori triple h 365 au

Tabieitaori fantasy au

Hiorin florist au

Bachisagi college/uni student x barista au

Bachisagi HS au

Rinbachisagi operation heartbreak au

Sendou x Sae roommate au

Aisen personal trainer x daycare teacher au

Aisen ft ryusae wish you were sober by conan gray

Ryusae delinquent x student prez au

Ryusae artist x follower au

Rin x Nanase friends to lovers college/uni au

Rin x Nanase coffee shop au

Chigiri x Zantetsu college/uni au

Chigiri x Raichi royalty x bodyguard au

Reonagi wrong number au

Reonagi streamer au

Rinreo college/uni au

Aryu x Tokimatsu tailor x office worker au

Kurosagi neighbor au

I dont have the brain power to actually write them. If I do, it's gonna be like a fic outline. Or like what I did for my bachirin lost n found au nd ryurin fake engagement au

[yajifun]

The Inland printer v.32 (1903:Oct.-1904:Mar.)

Smithsonian Libraries

"TOKIMATSU" THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GEISHA GIRL OF JAPAN.

FUJI FROM OTOMETOKE（乙女峠?）

KINTAI-BASHI (OR SOROBAN-BASHI) SU-O / PHOTO BY K.OGAWA,TOKYO,JAPAN

[fujiwara57]

Photographie c. 1890

Geisha Tokimatsu (Emiko)

[amazonswan]

TOKIMATSU as a Country Girl Maid SERVING TEA by Okinawa Soba (Rob) Via Flickr: A real GEISHA being called a MAID ? Of course ! Being a photographers model to depict all classes of Japanese women was one of the potential jobs of all Geisha during the Meiji era of old Japan (1868-1912). Take note of the brightly patterned strap or cord over her shoulders that is used to hold her sleeves up while serving. I have already covered the subject of "Geisha as Photographer's Model" in several captions. Here are the two main ones : www.flickr.com/photos/24443965@N08/3329199977/ and www.flickr.com/photos/24443965@N08/2802613366/ In spite of that, I still occasionally get sincere comments from viewers telling me that my captions are wrong, and that a Geisha would NEVER dress like, act as, or impersonate anything other than a Geisha ! However, the sincerity and passion of such well-meaning comments are rendered moot by the photographic realities of old Japan, and the real life labors and responsibilities of Geisha during those days. The above photo is a very large 8 1/4 x 10 1/4 inch hand-colored collotype on an 11 x 14 album stock. Tokimatsu appears in this last image as part of a 12-page photographic essay on TEA PRODUCTION in Japan. The one-line caption under the photo is shown as is, being printed along with the photo on the same album stock. It was photographed and published ca.1895-1900 by K. TAMMAMURA as an advertising piece for the Y. NAKAMURA TEA PLANTATION of Shizuoka, Japan. A closer "bloggers crop" is found here : www.flickr.com/photos/24443965@N08/4552243925/in/photostr... RANDOM SOBA : www.flickriver.com/photos/24443965@N08/random/

[haikara-nippon]

Emiko, the “smiling geisha”, posing with a cigar in Western menswear

late 1880s-90s

[okiya]

TOKIMATSU -- A Real GEISHA Dressed as a Country Girl TEA PICKER (by Okinawa Soba)

[japonesices]

Tokimatsu aka Emiko by josefnovak33 on Flickr.

Via Flickr: The laughing geisha

[fujiwara57]

Photographie c. 1890

Geisha Tokimatsu (Emiko)

[yajifun]

Smiling Face (Egao) from Ehagaki sekai

絵葉書世界より 笑顔　絵師不明　1908年

Woman Peeking Out between Bamboo Curtains

簾から覗く人　年代不詳（1900～1906年頃?）

Advertising for Wilkinson Tansan Water: Woman Covering her Head with Purple Scarf

ウヰルキンソン・タンサン 広告絵葉書　年代不詳（1907～1917年頃）

Woman Peeking Out between Bamboo Curtains

簾から覗く人　1904年の消印

※ "私はこの人を笑子ちゃんて名付けました。最近名前がわかりまして、時松っていうのが実際の名前だった、本当の名前というか源氏名だったんです" 「古写真の楽しみいろいろ 古写真界の笑顔美人：笑子ちゃん」石黒敬章

※参照：Tokimatsu - a set on Flickr, Okinawa Soba

[okiya]

Tokimatsu (aka Emiko), "The Laughing Geisha"