C. 1920s Striking Real Photo Postcard of a Geisha James willmarth This one makes me think

This one makes me think of the sea and the sun and feels to me the most elementally perfect of all

Rather like bee boxes

making it easy to calculate on the go

It was purchased from an estate sale that included a wonderful collection of mid-century and contemporary ceramics from Japan

Framed (as I found it): 11 1/8" x 8 1/4"

C. 1920s Striking Real Photo Postcard of a Geisha James willmarth This one makes me thinkWith 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