Geisha hair stylist

Toshiaki Nakayama, a japanese hairstylist shows his artwork

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[samsaras]

wow, it is an intricate process! I like it!

[TheMoonlightPixie]

Geisha were not and still are not prostitutes. In fact, a geisha was more likely to sleep with only one man in her entire life. Since geisha are nto permitted to marry, they would lose their mizuage to one man and then accept one man's offer to be her danna. If she slept with anyone else besides her danna, she was not a true geisha in the eyes of her people. Danna is as close to marriage as a geisha would get.

[slobomotion]

As a little girl in Ohio, I begged my mother to buy me a real Japanese geisha doll with wigs. It cost 3.50 and she explained this was nearly a day's pay but I did get the doll and still have it. It is still in its box and I will sell it. It is nearly perfect and the head seems to be of some very fragile porcelain. The box lid explains the wigs and what their uses were in ceremonies. I am in France. Good video, uprated. The doll was bought in the 1960s.

[contortionist104]

@SunaoTsuji Maiko who are working less then 1 year only paint their bottom lip, after that they also paint the upper lip ;)

[pbul7306]

I DIDNT REALIZE SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE TOUGH ECONOMY COULD STILL AFFORD TO HANG WIT GEISHA

[NeckoChibi]

What do you think? Would it be possible for this hair style to be done on very long hair? I have like 90 cm long hair... :DDDD

[Pixiestyc]

@mangakoibito It's funny that you tell someone they have something mixed up and you have this " big book of Geisha" and yet you say meiko instead of maiko. Um...just sayin'.

[SunaoTsuji]

Maiko are Geisha-In-Training. Thus the lower lip is painted. Once a Maiko has completed her training (don't remember exactly how many it would be) she goes through a graduation ceremony into a Geisha. As a full fledged Geisha she paints both her upper and lower lips. There's so much more into understanding the Geisha world and doing plenty of research will help to understand them better. There are youtube videos you can watch about the Geisha as well as documentaries you can find through google.

[insertepicusernamehe]

@bubzNC15 Geiko is the same thing as Geisha, and its not Meiko, its Maiko. Just so you know ^_^"

[bc9874]

@AideTsukin "Geiko" is Kyoto dialect for "Geisha" and is the more commonly used expression.

[mariomoran33]

@dollfinluvr81 ofcourse they are not prostitutes