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- Japanese: 玉川屋玉菊 (Tamagawaya Tamagiku)
Tamagiku was a geisha of the Tamagawaya, a teahouse of Tokyo's Shinbashi district.
In 1891, at the age of 17, she won first prize in a "100 Beauties" contest held at the Ryôunkaku in Asakusa.
References
- "36 historical photographs of geisha and apprentice geisha beauties," RocketNews24.com, 20 Jan 2014.