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Maharaja Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala photographed with a group of geishas during his second-trip to Japan, ca.1929

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English: Maharaja Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala State photographed with a group of geishas during his second-trip to Japan, ca.1929.

Maharaja Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala photographed in Japan, ca.1929, with a group of geishas whose colourful kimonos "gave the wearers the appearance of dainty little butterflies." This was his second visit to the country where he was received by Emperor Showa (Hirohito), whose grandfather, Emperor Meiji, he had met twenty-six years earlier in 1903.

This photograph and basis of the text [with edits made by me to improve grammar and clarity] is from 'Prince, Patron and Patriarch: Maharaja Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala,' which is co-authored by Brigadier H.H. Sukhjit Singh and Cynthia Meera Frederick. It was published by Roli Books in 2019.

The Sikh royal first visited Japan between 1903 and 1904, which left a deeply positive impression on him, leading him to write a memoir titled *My Travel in China, Japan and Java* in 1905.

In his publication, he states:

“From the standpoint of the traveller, Japan is perhaps one of the most interesting countries in the world; the country itself is full of delightful and varied scenery, while its people possess a charm of appearance and manner unlike anything of the kind to be met with elsewhere.”

— Maharaja Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala, 'My Travel in China, Japan and Java' (1905)
Date ca.1929
Source Facebook post made by 'Royal Archives', via https://www.facebook.com/RoyalArchives/photos/a.295755040890547/1575551152910923/
Author Unknown photographer

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