C. 1920s Striking Real Photo Postcard of a Geisha Milton Bradley crayons with beads tightly held and

with beads tightly held and no losses at all that I can see

our subject looks a bit as if she might be a CPR demonstration dummy

8 1/4" t x 2 5/8" widest

I had one of these when I first started the shop

C. 1920s Striking Real Photo Postcard of a Geisha Milton Bradley crayons with beads tightly held andWith her white painted face, I believe this real photo postcard captures a kabuki actress playing a geisha, late 1910s early 1920s. I find the image really striking, between her side cast gaze, the manner in which she holds the sleeve of her kimono stretched before her like a mask, the pattern of the textile itself, and the plain, seams showing context in which photographed, perhaps at the corner of a stage. Gorgeously rich tonal range and black