For decades, a pic’s international marketing followed the cues of the all-important domestic launch. But the Japanese campaign for “Memoirs of a Geisha” is more lavish — and on a much faster track — ...

The art of the geisha dates back seventh century Japan in which women served as both entertainers and attendants to men in small private performances While the geisha is often thought of as a romantic ...

Toei's film series about Hot Springs Geisha. Onsen geisha (温泉芸者) is the Japanese term geisha working in onsen (hot spring) resorts or towns, known for their traditions of performance and entertainment ...

Decades before a white-faced Ziyi Zhang performed her electric dances in Hollywood’s Memoirs of a Geisha—and years before the Arthur Golden novel of the same name ushered millions worldwide into the ...

A geiko (Kyoto geisha) named Mamechika dances in Gion, Kyoto, on on August 30, 2007. (Joi Ito photo/Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/joi/1284204434/in/photostream ...

The woman above is technically a maiko, or young geisha in training. Japan is a top travel destination for many reasons, including its natural beauty, rich history, and its significant influence on ...

KYOTO, Japan—On Christmas Day last year, three dozen geisha danced, sang and talked before several hundred guests at a luxury hotel in Japan’s ancient capital. Their ancient sisters would have been ...

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