Person occupied in massaging other people

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A blind Japanese masseur with a pipe in his mouth and a long pole in his hand. Photograph.

A Japanese woman being massaged by a blind Japanese masseur. Coloured photograph.

The interior of an Egyptian bath-house; a seated man is being washed and attended to by four male servants. Engraving by G.B. Cecchi after V. Denon.

A masseur massaging the back of a young woman reclining on a bed. Watercolour by L. Kainer, 1911.

Articles of Association / Australasian Massage Association.

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Masseurs

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A Japanese woman being massaged by a blind Japanese masseur. Coloured photograph.

The interior of an Egyptian bath-house; a seated man is being washed and attended to by four male servants. Engraving by G.B. Cecchi after V. Denon.

A masseur massaging the back of a young woman reclining on a bed. Watercolour by L. Kainer, 1911.

A blind Japanese masseur with a pipe in his mouth and a long pole in his hand. Photograph.

Articles of Association / Australasian Massage Association.