Contoh geisha

• We briefly see one of the geishas playing the shamisen but never see the source of the vocal line.

• We also briefly view three dancing geishas and do hear their footstomps.

• In the late eighteenth century, dancing women called odoriko and newly popular female geisha began entertaining men at banquets in unlicensed districts.

• These feature a crest of the geisha house on the front, and the geiko's name on the back (house name, then personal name).

• Such districts would contain various "okiya" (geisha houses).

• Willow is a traditional image associated with geisha.

• The way a geisha wears her kanzashi indicates her status immediately to an informed audience according to the type and location of the kanzashi.

• In contrast to these one-night geisha, the true onsen geisha are in fact competent dancers and musicians.

• By 1800, being a geisha was considered a female occupation (though there are still a handful of male geisha working today).

• The money acquired for a maiko's mizuage was a great sum and it was used to promote her debut as a geisha.

• In 1944, the geisha world, including the teahouses, bars and geisha houses, was forced to close, and all employees were put to work in factories.

• Along with the shamisen and the flute, geisha also learned to play a "ko-tsuzumi", a small, hourglass-shaped shoulder drum, and a large floor "taiko" (drum).

• Geisha wear the flat-soled sandal "zori" outdoors and wear only "tabi" (white split-toed socks) indoors.

• A geisha and her danna may or may not be in love, but intimacy is never viewed as a reward for the danna's financial support.

• The color, pattern, and style of kimono is dependent on the season and the event the geisha is attending.