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Japan portal. v. t. e. Geisha (芸者) ( / ˈɡeɪʃə /; Japanese: [ɡeːɕa] ), [ 1][ 2] also known as geiko (芸子) (in Kyoto and Kanazawa) or geigi (芸妓), are female Japanese performing artists and entertainers trained in traditional Japanese performing arts styles, such as dance, music and singing, as well as being proficient ...
Geisha, Writer. Genre. Novels. Notable works. Shoyo zange (『照葉懺悔』) Chishō Takaoka (高岡 智照 April 22, 1896 – October 22, 1994) [ 1] was a geisha in Shinbashi who became a Buddhist nun later in life. Her stage name was Chiyoha (千代葉) or Teruha (照葉), [ 2] while her real name was Tatsuko Takaoka (高岡たつ子). She ...
Mineko Iwasaki (岩崎 峰子/岩崎 究香, Iwasaki Mineko, born Masako Tanaka (田中 政子), 2 November 1949) is a Japanese businesswoman, author and former geisha. Iwasaki was the most famous geisha in Japan until her sudden retirement at the age of 29. Known for her performances for celebrity and royalty during her geisha life, Iwasaki ...
37.9 cm × 24.9 cm (14.9 in × 9.8 in) Three Beauties of the Present Day (当時三美人, Tōji San Bijin) is a nishiki-e colour woodblock print from c. 1792–93 by Japanese ukiyo-e artist Kitagawa Utamaro ( c. 1753 –1806). The triangular composition depicts the profiles of three celebrity beauties of the time: geisha Tomimoto Toyohina, and ...
Liza Dalby. Liza Crihfield Dalby (born 1950) is an American anthropologist and novelist specializing in Japanese culture. For her graduate studies, Dalby studied and performed fieldwork in Japan of the geisha community of Ponto-chō, which she wrote about in her Ph.D. dissertation, entitled The institution of the geisha in modern Japanese ...
Geisha and maiko (teenage apprentices training to become geisha) are women who perform Japanese traditional arts such as singing, dancing and playing instruments to entertain customers while they ...
An apprentice geisha on the day of her misedashi, the occasion when a shikomi becomes an apprentice proper. Notice two dangling kanzashi on the sides of her hairstyle. A maiko (舞妓, IPA: / ˈmaɪkoʊ / MY-koh, Japanese: [maiko]) is an apprentice geisha in Kyoto. [ 1] Their jobs consist of performing songs, dances, and playing the shamisen or ...
A frequent focus of misconceptions in regard to Japanese sexuality is the institution of the geisha. Rather than a prostitute, a geisha was a woman trained in arts such as music and cultured conversation, who was available for non-sexual interactions with her male clientele.