PT2099

Japanese 'moosmes' Long Caption: 'Moosme' is an anglicization of the Japanese 'musume' meaning girl or daughter. The Oxford English Dictionary cites uses between 1861 and 1921, in various spellings, and covering the meanings of 'Japanese girl or young (especially unmarried) woman; a Japanese waitress, maid, or mistress'. These two may be geishas in a tea house, with a bronze bowl possibly holding hot charcoal and a pair of incense sticks upright at the edge. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: PAJ2099 Artist: Lt. James Henry Butt Date: circa 1868 Medium: watercolour Size: 119 mm x 119 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.