The Geisha in Modern Japan: Changes and Challenges. With the modernization of Japan in the late 19th and early 20th centuries ...

Understanding geisha in modern Japan. Thanks to centuries of sexualization in Western media, the image of the geisha is often closely linked with sex work.

The mystery of the Geisha remains as alluring, and deeply complex, as when the ladies first came into existence 400 centuries ago. ... Modern geishas use their own version of business cards.

Long before Arthur Golden's "Memoirs of a Geisha" became a bestselling novel and a Hollywood movie, the Japanese geisha was an intriguing and enigmatic subject.

An oft-misunderstood Japanese tradition gets a sympathetic closeup in Miyuki Sohara's "Hannari Geisha Modern," providing rare access to contemporary Kyoto geisha performers, or geiko.

Geisha have been entertaining men in Japan for centuries. Two geisha from Kyoto's Gion district gave the Journal a glimpse into their closed world. ... The Modern Lives of Geisha.

The original Japanese geishas were male, and today their influence is apparent in the burgeoning popularity of male ‘hosts’ in bars and clubs. Just don’t mention sex.

Modern-day geisha triumphs in closed, traditional world. By Reuters. April 23, 2008 12:15 PM UTC Updated ago By Elaine ... Now she is a geisha in Kyoto, Japan's ancient capital, ...

An apprentice geisha called a maiko. (Kyoto Chamber of Commerce) KYOTO, JAPAN – Koharu is 17 but doesn’t go to school, have a cell phone or any social media accounts.

A modern-day geisha. Published Apr 24, 2008 | Published Apr 24, 2008. Share. ... Geisha numbers in Japan peaked at 80 000 in 1928, but now only 1 000 are left.

Modern geisha in Kyoto in 2006. Geisha girls, wearing aprons over their kimonos, serving Japanese sailors on Tokyo Navy Day in 1937. Japanese geishas form a trade union in an attempt to improve ...