They continue to train rigorously, practicing traditional dances, playing instruments like the shamisen, and refining the art ...

Daily preparation – applying white makeup, painting the face and perfecting the position of the wig – is an art in its own right. In the Akasaka geisha house, a tailor helps each performer tie ...

Traditional Social Gatherings Fading Away. ... The art of conversation, whereby geisha facilitate exchanges between host and guests, and thoughtfulness as a method of communication, ...

Traditional geisha - heavily made-up, immaculately dressed and coquettish entertainers - emerged in 18th century Japan, ... Two geisha girls practicing their art in the 1950s, ...

Shizumi picks up a corner, fondling its rose-petal softness. "You see -- this is art," she says quietly. "It really is like a living thing. It's what we call the power of kimono.

The word geisha is made up of two "kanji" characters; "gei" means art and "sha" means person. In Kyoto, the traditional term is "geiko," which translates as "woman of art." ...

Chinese actresses Ziyi Zhang, left, and Michelle Yeoh have come under attack for their starring roles in the Steven Spielberg-produced "Memoirs of a Geisha," the story of a young Japanese girl's ...

Japanese Traditional Theater, or Kabuki ... Drawn from the UW Art Museum’s collection From Samurai to Geisha: ... woodblock print, 9-1/4 x 6-5/8 inches, Friends of the UW Art Museum Purchase, 1982.6 .

Daily preparation – applying white makeup, painting the face and perfecting the position of the wig – is an art in its own right. In the Akasaka geisha house, a tailor helps each performer tie ...