"Imperial Japanese Dance" is 25 minutes depicting exactly what the title implies. A couple geishas in traditional dresses and scarfs showing their repertoire and offering the, back in the late 19th century possibly confused, audience an interesting performance.
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Imperial Japanese Dance (1894) This early Edison short is a good example of them bringing culture into their small studio, filming it and releasing it to the public. The film runs just over twenty-seconds and features three women dancing the title dance.
Said the middle Sarache Sister at the very end of this brief Edison short. I have no idea if these sisters were triplets, but they sure look alike here.
This is one of many examples of one of the most popular of the earliest movie genres. Many of the Edison Kinetoscope films featured dancing acts that were popular at the time.
It could be said that since the invention of motion pictures became well-known around the world, many pioneers began to make experiments looking for a way to make that the images captured on film had the same colors as real life. The earliest successful attempt to make a color movie was done by Émile Reynaud in 1892, who decided to hand-color his animated shorts frame by frame.
William Heise and W.K.
Japan had been closed to the rest of the world until about 1860, when it opened up again to foreign trade and technology. Also traditional Japanese culture was exported around the world to such places as the fair at Knightsbridge, London, which inspired WS Gilbert to write one of his greatest operettas, The Mikado in 1885.
