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2. Geisha - Wikipedia

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   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 conversationalists and hosts.

3. Mineko Iwasaki - Wikipedia

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   Jinichiro Iwasaki (née Sato) Children. Kosuke (born 1983) 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 ...

4. Liza Dalby - Wikipedia

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   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 society.

5. Memoirs of a Geisha (film) - Wikipedia

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   Memoirs of a Geisha is a 2005 American epic period drama film directed by Rob Marshall and adapted by Robin Swicord from the 1997 novel of the same name by Arthur Golden. [2] [3] It tells the story of a young Japanese girl, Chiyo Sakamoto, who is sold by her impoverished family to a geisha house to support them by training as and eventually becoming a geisha under the pseudonym "Sayuri Nitta."

6. Mizuage - Wikipedia

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   Mizuage. Mizuage (水揚げ, lit. 'hoisting from water') was a ceremony undergone by apprentice oiran (kamuro) and some maiko (apprentice geisha) as part of their coming of age ceremony and graduation. For kamuro, who had often already lost their virginity, a patron would pay for the exclusive privilege of being a new oiran 's first customer ...

7. Yuki Kato (geisha) - Wikipedia

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   As a Gion geisha, she was known as "Kokyū no Sekka" (胡弓の雪香) for her "sublime" performances on the traditional kokyū instrument. [7] George Morgan arrived in Japan in 1902 and saw Yuki performing at Miyako Odori geisha theater. [8] He courted Yuki for two years and paid her debt to the Okiya house for $20,000.00. [9] Gorge Denison Morgan