Three Japanese women dressed in their traditional dress of kimono

Clad in colourful kimonos, these Japanese women are probably geishas - traditional Japanese hostesses trained to entertain men with conversation, dance and song. The woman on the right is holding a shamisen, a three-stringed musical instrument, which is similar to a guitar.

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