Japanese Geisha in 1900 | AI Enhanced Film [ 60 fps]

Possibly the earliest motion picture footage of Japanese Geisha and Maiko. Filmed in the Meiji era, circa 1900. 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. The decorative sakura blossoms. Also the demonstration of traditional Japanese dancing to the accompaniment of two Shamisen players. All key components in the art of the Geisha apprentice. The location is hard to say, but it may be Kyoto. The Geisha or Geiko apprentice was referred to as Maiko in Kyoto, and as Hangyoku in Tokyo. Geisha and Maiko often applied white oshiroi makeup for certain occasions, but not necessarily on a daily basis. 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. AI Restoration Process: 1. DeNoise and removed artifacts. 2. Increased motion interpolation to 60 fps, using a deep learning open source program Dain app. 3. Upscaled using AI to 4K resolution. 4. Added color using Deoldify 5. Soundtrack created. The Original Film. Preserved by the US National Archive as part of the Thomas Armat Collection. See original film: Title: Japanese Scenes - 1894 - 1900 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/89042 William Heise may have been the cinematographer. The earliest dated Edison related films from Japan are 1894 are credited to him. The Vitascope Story Thomas Armat co invented the Edison Vitascope projector ( originally called the Phantoscope) with Charles Francis Jenkins. While the Lumiere brothers Cinematographe served as camera, printer and projector, the Vitascope was soley a projector. Until these inventions, early film could only be viewed through an eyepiece on a machine called a Kinetoscope. Armat,fell out with Jenkins over sharing their names on the patent. Subsequently he bought out Jenkins. He then sold the Phantoscope to Thomas Edison who renamed it the Vitascope. Thomas Armat continued to work for Edison and refined the machine to produce the film you see here. Music includes a traditional Shamisen Plus: Ishikari Lore by Kevin MacLeod. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100192 Artist: http://incompetech.com