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Geisha, Kyoto, Japan, 1970

A maiko, or geisha-in-training, strolls through the streets of Kyoto. She is a member of a famed, but dwindling sorority of entertainers.

(Text adapted from "Kansai, Japan's Historic Heartland," March 1970, National Geographic magazine)

Photograph by Thomas J. Abercrombie

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