Hidden Women of Japan by Whitney Scheib

This beautiful doll depicts a geisha mid dance. The dark green kimono in life-like, and elegant. The doll appears to be in movement, like a snapshot of her dancing in a tea house. The hem of her kimono even has the appearance of fluttering behind her.

This photograph is simple, yet beautiful. The photo shows a young and simple geisha sitting amongst flowers, playing the shamisen. This piece uses color and contrast by using a small amount of red, drawing your eye to the geisha. Contrasted against the pastel colors, it makes the photo "pop".

This woodblock print depicting a geisha stepping out into the rain is a beautiful example of using lines to give a work movement and depth. This geisha with her bright and complicated obi, and tall geta, or shoes, shows just how much work a geisha puts into her work.

This print shows us a geisha concentrating intently on tuning her shamisen, while a cat looks on. This work uses lines again to add dimension to the room she is in. The room also uses color to contrast between the walls and the floor of the room, giving a sense of depth.

This work shows a young geisha, or make sitting amidst a garden. The artist uses emphasis to focus your eye on the geisha in the middle, holding her fan as shit sits in her brightly colored kimono. Yet, he also uses proportion to give the work a depth detailed with rolling hills and trees, all with the same curves leaning toward the center.

This piece features a geisha in a simple kimono, only highlighted by the ornament in her hair. She sits among a room amidst a tea ceremony. This work has a real life sense of depth and spaciousness to it thanks to the use of proportion. The artist gives it an appearance of seeing out the doorway and into what appears to be a garden. Yet the work still focuses nicely on the geisha at work.

This silk hanging depicts two geisha relaxing outdoors. The front geisha has one foot up, leaving her geta on the ground in order to be more comfortable. The artist uses color and curved lines to give the geisha's kimono depth and direction. Her other foot sticks out with a brightly contrasted under robe. The other geisha is more of a background to this up front and more highlighted geisha.

This simple print shows a geisha admiring a blossom that she plucked from the bush out her window. The artist uses a very blank background to give the emphasis to the geisha. The contrast of her white skin against the black of her hair and red garnish of her kimono helps to catch the eye and focus it on the geisha.

This color on paper work uses dark, thick outlines to give emphasis to the geisha as she stands with her decorative fan. This work has a very flat look to it, using dull backgrounds to ensure the focus is on the geisha. The folds of her kimono, with the curved dark lines show a sense of depth and realness to the work.

Another more modern work by this artist, only this one uses the complex details of the birds and color to make the geisha appear more dimensional. She appears to be kneeling and posing in her brightly contrasted kimono next to these large cranes. The bird behind her using the large open stance of the wings to give them the sense of being larger and more fierce in comparison.