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Geisha (芸者) (/ ˈ ɡ eɪ ʃ ə /; Japanese:), [1] [2] also known as geiko (芸子) (in Kyoto and Kanazawa) or geigi (芸妓), are female Japanese performing artists and entertainers trained in traditional Japanese performing arts styles, such as dance, music and singing, as well as being proficient conversationalists and hosts.
Girl in a White Kimono (Dutch: Meisje in witte kimono) is an 1894 oil painting by George Hendrik Breitner. [1] The subject of the painting is the sixteen-year-old Geesje Kwak , of whom Breitner made a series of photographs and paintings wearing red and white kimonos . [ 2 ]
Beyond the manufactured imagery of Hollywood, this is a rare glimpse of what a real geisha looks like when she is working in the evening -- when the simple act of lighting a cigar becomes art. For the sake of authenticity and out of respect for the original tradition, I nominate this photograph of a lovely geisha -- a true geisha -- at work in ...
Alongside paintings, mass-produced woodblock prints were a major form of the genre. [1] In the mid-18th century full-colour nishiki-e prints became common, printed using a large number of woodblocks, one for each colour. [2] Towards the close of the 18th century there was a peak in both the quality and quantity of work. [3]
Kōmei Bijin Rokkasen (高名美人六家撰, "Renowned Beauties from the Six Best Houses") is a series of ukiyo-e prints designed by the Japanese artist Utamaro and published in c. 1795–96. The subjects were well-known courtesans, geisha, and others associated with the Yoshiwara pleasure districts of Edo (modern Tokyo).
Mineko Iwasaki, former high-ranking Gion geisha, detailed her experience of mizuage in her autobiography, Geisha, a Life.Describing her experience of graduation to geishahood with the term mizuage, Iwasaki described her experience as a round of formal visits to announce her graduation, including the presentation of gifts to related geisha houses and important patrons, and a cycle through five ...
In 1915, Chigusa Kitani, at the age of 20, was selected for the first Osaka Fine Arts Exhibition (大阪美術展覧会, Osaka Bijutu Tenrankai) as Shin-kyo (新居, "New house") and for the 9th Ministry of Education Art Fine Arts Exhibition (文部省美術展覧会 (文展, Bunten), Monbu-Sho Bijutu Tenrankai) [5] as Hari-Kuyō (針供養, "Memorial ceremony Festival of Broken Needles").This ...
Kōjien defines bijin-ga as a picture that simply "emphasizes the beauty of women", [1] and the Shincho Encyclopedia of World Art defines it as depiction of "the beauty of a woman's appearance". [2] On the other hand, Gendai Nihon Bijin-ga Zenshū Meisaku-sen I defines bijin-ga as pictures that explore "the inner beauty of women". [3]