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Japanese dancing girls performing the handkerchief dance, to the music of the Shamisen

Stereograph of six Japanese women and girls seated or standing on floor matting, with tea trays in front of them. Excepting the woman far right, they all wear light coloured sashes around their necks.

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Date(s): 1905

Creator: Rose, George, 1861-1942, photographer.

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