#dochuu

Oiran - Shin Yoshiwara 1914 por Blue Ruin 1 Por Flickr: Shin Yoshiwara, the former pleasure quarters of Tokyo. Here, an Oiran (Japanese Courtesan) performs the gliding steps of the Hachimonji ni Aruku (figure eight walking), which one Western commentator writing in the 1890s described as “exactly... like a skater doing the outside edge”. While the crowd watches on in complete silence.