Menpes, Mortimer, 1855-1938, Menpes, Dorothy · London : A. & C. Black · leaf 336
hion but to some sentiment or other—apple-blossom because it is spring-time, peach-blossom for alater season,—and many beautiful ideas are thus expressedin the gowns of the women of Japan. But althoughthe geisha has plenty of latitude in which to display herartistic feeling, there are some little… … The Geisha shoes and the decoration of her jet-black hair. Notonly is the kimono of the geisha, its colour and design,thought out by the artist, but all the accessories of hertoilette, such as the obi, the fan, and the ornaments forher hair. It is the artists ambition that she should bea picture,…
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