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![[Man or a woman wearing ceremonial costume with a phoenix-motif headdress, seated, facing slightly left, playing a biwa]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjUvbWFuLW9yLWEtd29tYW4td2VhcmluZy1jZXJlbW9uaWFsLWNvc3R1bWUtd2l0aC1hLXBob2VuaXgtbW90aWYtaGVhZGRyZXNzLXNlYXRlZC02NjhjOTEtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/434/jpg "[Man or a woman wearing ceremonial costume with a phoenix-motif headdress, seated, facing slightly left, playing a biwa]")
![[Unidentified woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly to left, seated in chair]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDgvdW5pZGVudGlmaWVkLXdvbWFuLWhlYWQtYW5kLXNob3VsZGVycy1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctc2xpZ2h0bHktdG8tbGVmdC1zZWF0ZWQtMmRmNDg2LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "[Unidentified woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly to left, seated in chair]")
![[Unidentified woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly to left, seated in chair]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDgvdW5pZGVudGlmaWVkLXdvbWFuLWhlYWQtYW5kLXNob3VsZGVycy1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctc2xpZ2h0bHktdG8tbGVmdC1zZWF0ZWQtMTVhMWIwLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/44/webp "[Unidentified woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly to left, seated in chair]")
![[Young woman (Nancy Lovis (Kraft)) in Middle Eastern costume and jeweled headband, with hand to forehead, seated]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDYveW91bmctd29tYW4tbmFuY3ktbG92aXMta3JhZnQtaW4tbWlkZGxlLWVhc3Rlcm4tY29zdHVtZS1hbmQtamV3ZWxlZC1oZWFkYmFuZC1lMmEzZDktNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/51/webp "[Young woman (Nancy Lovis (Kraft)) in Middle Eastern costume and jeweled headband, with hand to forehead, seated]")
![[A woman, possibly a courtesan, seated, facing right, with her head turned to look back over her right shoulder, wearing several hairpins]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTkvYS13b21hbi1wb3NzaWJseS1hLWNvdXJ0ZXNhbi1zZWF0ZWQtZmFjaW5nLXJpZ2h0LXdpdGgtaGVyLWhlYWQtdHVybmVkLXRvLWxvb2stZTIwMmQ2LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/54/webp "[A woman, possibly a courtesan, seated, facing right, with her head turned to look back over her right shoulder, wearing several hairpins]")
![[Young woman in Middle Eastern costume and jeweled headband, seated on floor]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTMveW91bmctd29tYW4taW4tbWlkZGxlLWVhc3Rlcm4tY29zdHVtZS1hbmQtamV3ZWxlZC1oZWFkYmFuZC1zZWF0ZWQtb24tZmxvb3ItZjQ5MzlmLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "[Young woman in Middle Eastern costume and jeweled headband, seated on floor]")
![[Women wearing brief costumes, holding veils, with feathers in her hair]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDMvd29tZW4td2VhcmluZy1icmllZi1jb3N0dW1lcy1ob2xkaW5nLXZlaWxzLXdpdGgtZmVhdGhlcnMtaW4taGVyLWhhaXItOTE5ZmZiLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/55/webp "[Women wearing brief costumes, holding veils, with feathers in her hair]")
