Costumes/types—Geisha

“They were worth watching, these little visitors of ours: such quaint fantasies in paint and powder, such comical creations in silk and satin, such whimsical artificiality in voice and gesture, could not be seen every day. We thought of the long hours before the silver looking-glasses necessary to compose these wonderful complexions, to arrange these fantastic coiffures, to drape these girlish figures…”

Gilbert Watson, Three Rolling Stones in Japan, (London, 1904) p. 105