Geisha misconception
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This is another presentation I made about the common misconception of geisha being professional prostitutes. This will be a part of the Intro to Japanese course on memrise.com.
Geisha misconception
- 1. The wor d gei sha t ends t o conj ur e up a cer t ai n im age.
- 2. But , i n f act , t he wor d gei sha m eans som hi ng et l i ke ar t - doer . I n ot her wor ds, an ar t i st .
- 3. Act ual l y, t hey have t o go t hr ough sever al year s of expensi ve t r ai ni ng bef or e becom ng f ul l gei sha. i
- 4. Pr e- 20 t h Cent ur y, gi r l s st ar t ed t r ai ni ng as ear l y as 4. Not an actual geisha trainee
- 6. Gei sha st i l l l ear n t he t r adi t i onal ar t s l i ke pl ayi ng sham sen,i shakuhachi , and dr um s. They al so l ear n ot her t r adi t i onal ar t s l i ke cal l i gr aphy, dances and t ea cer em ony.
- 7. In m oder n Japan, you wi l l r ar el y see gei sha on t he st r eet .
- 8. The ' gei sha' you do see ar e of t en t our i st s who pay t o dr ess up as gei sha. Wig Kimono are way too gaudy.
- 9. Gei sha now per f or m at t ea houses, ochaya or t r adi t i onal Japanese r est aur ant s, r yot ei . Source: http://ochaya.kyo2.jp
- 10. They ar e pai d by t he num ber of i ncense st i cks t hat bur n dur i ng t hei r per f or mance and di f f er ent gei sha have di f f er ent senkodai or i ncense st i ck f ee.
- 11. Ther e have been a f ew non- Japanese gei sha. The most not abl e west er n i s Fi ona Gr aham who i s f r om , Aust r al i a.
- 12. I n Febr uar y 2011, t he Asakusa Gei sha associ at i on al l egedl y di saf f i l i at ed her .
- 13. So, wher e does t hi s m sconcept i on of gei sha as i pr ost i t ut es com f r om e ? = ?
- 14. W l , shor t l y af t er W l d W el or ar I I , pr of essi onal pr ost i t ut es f ashi oned t hem sel ves as gei sha gi r l s . Geisha Girl?
- 15. At t he sam t i m e e, not m any r eal gei sha wer e wor ki ng, so t hat ' s how gei sha cam t o be e synonym ous wi t h pr ost i t ut es.