Wakakichi and Kikowo (two Japanese women) portrait, circa 1872
Black-and-white photograph with an inscription representing two Japanese women, one sitting on a chair and another standing against a plain background.
Two women, Wakakichi and Kikowo, pose on a European carpet. One is standing and wears a light colored kimono with a dark obi [sash]. She holds a folding ogi fan in her right hand though her hands are concealed. The other woman sits on a chair. She wears a dark kimono with an all-over pattern and a dark obi. She holds a round, flat uchiwa fan in her right hand. | Inscription: "Wakakichi & Kikouro" in ink in cursive by Charles Longfellow. (On image.)
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