"A young maiko, or apprentice geisha, in her formal or holiday dress is purchasing items in a tiny boutique specializing in hair ornaments and similar gewgaws. Her kimono, with very long sleeves, is a prewar style. She is also wearing a formal wig, the kind worn on holidays and other more or less formal occasions in the prewar and early postwar period." (Note that the original title is at odds with the caption. This girl is in fact an apprentice, not a full-fledged geisha.)

From: Bennett, John W. Doing Photography and Social Research in the Allied Occupation of Japan, 1948-1951: A Personal and Professional Memoir, 2002,
http://library.osu.edu/sites/rarebooks/japan/2_1_photos.html.