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OKITA (Julia Ferret de Vere). Recreations Japonaises. Okita. Paris: Affiches Americaines Chas. Levy, ca. 1880. Charming horizontal poster depicts this occidental performer presenting a magic act in the Japanese style. 19 ¾ x 23 ¼”. Staining and closed tears, with minor retouching in image; B. Linen backed. Scarce. The wife of magic manufacturer Charles de Vere, Julia was perhaps the first occidental magician to perform magic in Japanese costume. Her daughter, Clementine de Vere, achieved success as the illusionist Ionia. The famous Dutch magician Tobias Bamberg, who performed under the name of Okito in Asian garb to great acclaim, derived his stage name from De Vere’s.