Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Geisha redux

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Original – Opening scene of The Geisha, in a poster for a 1906 production.

Reason: Given my other nominations are passing, time for this one to come back. Featured picture on Commons, for what that's worth. Now, the first nomination pointed out that it's not from the first production, which is true. However, it's early enough to still be in the performing tradition of the first production (I know that, at least with Gilbert and Sullivan, it was required to use the exact prompt books provided up until they left copyright; I'm not sure this was quite as strict, but...) Also, there are multiple ways for an image to add value: This one is a great illustration of the opening number, and . It also gives a good feel of a production, since it shows more of the setting and scene, and I'm not sure the original posters did that. While it's a major work in the development of musical theatre, it's unlikely a traditional production with a high budget will happen again (the "selling off the geisha" plotline is going to feel kind of awkward nowadays to just casually throw in).
Articles in which this image appears: The Geisha
FP category for this image: WP:FP/THEATRE
Creator: David Allen and Sons, restored by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.2% of all FPs. Currently celebrating his 600^th FP!} 18:55, 9 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support A tad on the small side, but short of having access to the physical poster that's not something we'll be able to fix. Looks like an excellent example of the European fascination with Japonaiserie in both plot and imagery, and I'm sure a Saidian analysis would be quite fruitful. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:14, 11 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Aye. It's an interesting cultural relic, but it feels like the orientalism go well beyond things like The Mikado or The Good Person of Szechwan, or even most adaptations of Aladdin, probably because late-Victorian musical theatre so actively encouraged such a flippant use of the setting. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.2% of all FPs. Currently celebrating his 600^th FP!} 01:38, 11 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Choliamb (talk) 01:02, 12 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 18:00, 12 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support – per previous nom. Bammesk (talk) 01:57, 13 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]