Japanese Geisha c.1899: Restored to Life in Amazing Footage
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2023
- Time travel back 124 years. Mesmerizing footage of Japanese Geisha and Maiko in the late 1890s. Restored to life and 4K 60fps color using deep learning AI. Filmed in Gion, Kyoto, Japan in 1899.
While many Japanese women still wore the traditional Kimono, Obi and the Furisode, these women are definitely entertainers. The dangling kanzashi on the sides of their hairstyles is a giveaway. The decorative sakura blossoms in their hair. Also the demonstration of traditional Japanese dancing to the accompaniment of two Shamisen players. All key components in the art of the Geisha apprentice. In Kyoto, a Geisha (芸者) is referred to as Geiko (芸子) and Geiko apprentices as Maiko.
Applying makeup is also an essential art in learning to be a Geisha. Maiko often applied white oshiroi makeup for certain occasions, but not necessarily on a daily basis. When a Maiko's hairstyle is arranged, she kept it so for about a week before washing her hair. To avoid ruining the delicate hairstyles, Maiko slept on special pillow called a Takamakura which literally means 'high pillow.'
The Meiji era saw a gradual opening up of Japan to the west. It was the beginning of the modernization of Japan, and the introduction of western influences of consumerism, western fashion etc. To this day however you can visit the Gion prefecture of Kyoto and see Geisha and Maiko culture.
AI Restoration by Glamourdaze.com
Using machine learning tools including Topaz Video Enhance AI and Deep Exemplar-based Video Colorization - an AI code developed by Bo Chang and associates.
Original Footage.
Preserved by the US National Archive as part of the Thomas Armat Collection.
See original film:
Title: Japanese Scenes - 1894 - 1900
catalog.archives.gov/id/89042
William Kennedy Dickson or William Heise may have been the cinematographers. The earliest dated Edison related films from Japan are 1894 are credited to them.
Dickson was possibly the first 'film star', having appeared in the pioneering Edison film Dickson Greeting (1891)
Music includes a traditional Shamisen.
End track: Japanese Pipa Cinematic by bohnstudios. Licensed from Pond5. 
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For those wondering, the restored versions have sound added, because the technology of film and sound together didn't come about until the 1920s
the equipment for music for early films is quite fascinating since it was mechanically reproduced not from records being played as one would think
And I almost would have rather had it all silent and not colorized
Yup, I was indeed wondering!
Cameras able to capture moving images and record sound at the same time didnt come along till several decades later.
It is sort of scary and beautiful. The colourising brings them 'closer' to reality of the time and closer to us by looking more realistic. And the idea of these young girls possibly having been died for maybe 60 or 70 years. Existentially, it is hard to reconcile their youth and death. Really fascinating work you do ; ) K
Wow!
@inthe50smood 1899 is the filming date. Most of them will have been dead for 60 to 80 years now
@inthe50smood Yes, maybe you are right. They do seem to look older than their age here, maybe diet and health?
@inthe50smood I was looking more at the size of their features - noses especially, compared to modern Japanese girls. But, perhaps they are older than we think they are on there? As you say, the make up is very deceiving. Or maybe due to sun exposure or diet, or life style or expectations, people looked 'older'? A similar study was done with Westerners looking at youth of the 50s/60s looking '40s' when they are 20s with heavy meat diet, sun exposure et al ; )
@RaniaIsAwesome Thank you for that. You may be right. The make up and clothes and hair are so artificial. The features do look 'hard' for young girls. However, I do think that the other women around them do look old and older than the main geisha? It is difficult to determine how old these characters were at this time. So fascinating to see them and they be long gone... ; )
This is beautiful??? And the quality isn't bad at all THAT WAS 125 YEARS AGO
I was thither same thing. The original is in great shape.
Hard to believe this was filmed 122 years ago in the 1800s! Colorizing it really makes it feel a lot closer to us than it actually is. Great video, the colors look beautiful and vibrant!
Love the idea of putting the original (uncolorized) footage at the end just so we can see that also.
Beautiful!❤❤❤ hard to believe this was 125 years ago! ❤❤❤
I know right? it atleast looks like it’s from the 1950s 😂.
My grandmother was born that year and I am now 66. Such a long time ago!
Completely blown away by the beauty of the film restoration. 🫂❤🎎🏯
My house is three years older than this. That's an amazing feeling - to see people who were alive and thriving and so very human - at the same time as my house was in its early years
Such a beautiful restoration! Love it!
I agree! ❤
Thank you for this time capsule, amazing!
I love these videos. Thank you for what you do. You help keep history alive.
Yes keep history alive
Simply amazing, two years before Emperor Hirohito was born! Wow.
I was also thinking .
. . this film was made only 30 years after the last shogun, restoration of the Emperor as ruler, and Japan's reopening to Western trade.
Damn@@krunkyk2294
Wow 1899 and so beautifully restored
Wow that is incredible
Looks like something out of a dream
it looks so peaceful
Looks like it was filmed yesterday. Well, from the universe' perspective, it WAS yesterday.
Just wonderful! Thanks so much.
Changing the speed a little (to remove the jumpiness) then adding sound and color makes the girls real to me now. Thank you.
Just been reading a book this summer about geishas so this was fascinating to see!
So amazing. Truly. Thank you for sharing this.
Nice restoration, enhancements and colorization❥ Beautiful and cute geishas❦
笑顔で映っていますが、この時代の舞妓さん芸妓さんは本当に苦労したんだろうなと思います。
Love, love this video. Thank you.
Amazing work.
The color is gorgeous
Her laughing was an angelic 🫧✨ refreshing &mesmerized 🌈💥
I bet it's not her laugh. Just a random sound of laugh. But I'm not that sure😊
Excellent video thank you
The footage is great but I’m guessing the sound is added to give the footage more life correct?
Yes
Very cool thank you
Amazing.
Wow! Amazing!
Wow, amazing
Amazing,
Absolutely amazing! Thru still laugh the same. So beautiful
great
Love this (also first)
Very Cool
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Bro...this is 1899?! Japan has been ahead of the times for over a century. This looks like it could've been filmed yesterday.
i find it fascinating to see Japan before its occupation.
a truly insulated modern culture, an extraordinary thing
Pastel Colors ❤
I speak fluent Japanese and they are not speaking in natural tone nor about everyday life, it’s some acting or skit because it’s histrionic, probably sounds and voices are dubbed later since it’s very old. Either way such a lovely recording
Makes me want to sing "Mothra's song".
I figured they are maiko from Gion Kobu dancing Harusame. So curious what the second dance was!
People were a lot more blurry back in those days.
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Wow they were so beautiful. Strange how we forget how people of the past were people.
Probably because the black-and-white of old photos kinda alienates them from us.
Oddly enough I feel like the non-restored version feels more realistic and lifelike. The colorization is weird and clunky and makes it look like some sort of AI generated animation.
Japanese was such a graceful and glorious country. They look so beautiful and it makes their humanized by these Artificial Intelligent Enhancements.
They are so cute and cutesy fun from social bonding activities such as tea making and flower picking. 🥰🥰🩷💕💗
Whenever you want to reminisce about the past, you may want to watch these historical footages. Just so you can find some nostalgia and nostalgic memories in these types of events in history.
Japan is so ethereal, beautiful, and so unique. So much richness in culture and cultivating the ancient art of Japanese Tea-Making and Tea Ceremonies. These Tea Ceremonies is what makes these momentum’s so precious and inspiring. 🌸🌷🪷
when we died after 100years, future people can see everything now in videos, and how about that?
But there's nothing fascinating to show nowadays. Just lazy people with poor posture looking at their phones
@@raraszek trust me sir, there are still things to see, humans doing brain surgery and removing such things like tumors that would have otherwise killed back then, being able to build rovers that land on other planets, police being able to solve decades old murder-mysteries from DNA and being able to link to serial killers.
this is so cool! they are so beautiful. 🌸
It feels like Japanese people never die, these ladies were probably still around in the 1970s or 80s.
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I'm surprised no one is mentioning how they drop their smile and look deeply troubled every time they look down or away. This video makes me feel sad for them.
I mean they were visited by American people during the video.
There is a other video where a american guy kisses them and touches them if you look at the video description
Holy smoke 1899.
Crazy to think that this footage was at little over 10 years before the Titanic even sank and a little more before WW1 even started.
What was that long pipe? Also, last scene the Geisha has a smaller pipe in her hand?
The long pipe is cigarette
How many times you gonna upload this? I swear it's been at least 5 times
I wonder where they are today
Is this how they always dressed during that time, or did they dress nicely for the film?
Wonderful footage, but shouldn't the faces be white? Wouldn't their faces have been covered in white make-up or white powder (or both)?
That’s only for performance and during entertainment events. It looks like they’re casually going through their day here. Maybe some practice and training going on too.
Think about theater actors, they don’t wear heavy makeup all the time, just for the stage.
@@pinkbombshellcasing2672…absolutely correct!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
It looked to me that the two dancing maiko were wearing white makeup. I think the coloring AI was not trained to put white on faces.
Люди уже давно умерли , остались от них только записи
We want to see the black and white original. This is neither "restored" nor "rare" for the simple reason that you alyered the original.
Did you bother to watch the entire video?
Weren't their teeth supposed to be blackened when they were in full geisha kit? I understand it wasn't decay or anything awful, but in the past Japanese menfolk found black teeth attractive. 😖 If so, did the colorizer's modern cultural bias cause her to inadvertently brighten up what had been some very dark smiles? Or did the original filmmaker ask his subjects to rub the coal dust off their teeth to avoid offending western sensibilities?
I think they only do that in formal occasions.
This looked rather "behind-the-scenes" to me: getting ready and practicing their skills rather than actually entertaining customers. So I would presume they would not need to be in "full kit."
@inthe50smood Interesting - thank you for the information.
@inthe50smood Thank you for your input!
They all have the same face.
2023 - 1899 = 125 ?
The tobacco use is odd to my modern eyes to see. I no longer see tobacco smoked in public, or private. That I am in the middle of experiencing the end of a multi-century fashionable addiction is weird to experience.
Fake audio. Enough, ok?
Those Japanese girls were with all the traditional graces which contemporary Japanese women have lost. As a Japanese national, it`s hard to believe they were Japanese like us.
They were trained to be that way, no? I doubt all Japanese women were that way back then. But in my limited experience meeting Japanese people now, they are still so graceful and elegant. Every time I learn something about Japanese culture, it blows my mind. (There was a RUclips channel I used to watch that had cultural videos in English.) Amazing! ❤
Back when they had to have sex with their clients they entertained. Thankfully that does not happen anymore for maiko and geisha
Agree. No one mentioned the deeply troubled and sad look on their face when they looked down or away. This was a sad video.
Mmmm, tasty opium.
бедные беззубые страшняшки.. мир вашему праху!
😮 this is so lovely... Thank you so much for making this available for us to see. 🪷
Girls Just Want To Have Fun! c1899🦋
Amazing.
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