The famous novel Memoirs of a Geisha is told from the perspective of a fictional geisha named Nitta Sayuri. Sayuri has a dramatic, eventful life (with some guy by the name of Koichi causing a lot of trouble early on) but … [Read more...]
The first geisha were men. No they weren't cross-dressers, and no they weren't gigolos either. The taikomochi (also known as houkan), were the original geisha of Japan and they were manly man men. I bet you didn't know … [Read more...]
The era of the Geisha for the most part has ended, but the cultural tradition of larger than life females remains very much alive. Outside traditional areas in cities like Kyoto, there are very few Geisha to be found in … [Read more...]