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Kiyo in Kyoto: From the Maiko House [b] is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Aiko Koyama [].It was serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from December 2016 to January 2025, with its chapters collected in 28 tankōbon volumes as of December 2024.
Misedashi (店だし, ' making business public ') is a ceremony where a minarai (an aspiring apprentice geisha) becomes a maiko (an apprentice geisha) and officially begins their career. The maiko is guided around her local area to call on businesses, teachers, and other okiya by her okiya 's otokoshi (male dresser) to thank her teachers and ...
A maiko (舞妓, IPA: / ˈ m aɪ k oʊ / MY-koh, Japanese:) is an apprentice geisha in Kyoto. [1] Their jobs consist of performing songs, dances, and playing the shamisen or other traditional Japanese instruments for visitors during banquets and parties, known as ozashiki .
Geisha wear kimono more subdued in pattern and colour than both regular women's kimono, and the kimono worn by apprentice geisha. Geisha always wear short-sleeved kimono, even if they are technically still young enough to wear furisode , as the wearing of furisode -style sleeves is considered a marker of apprenticeship.
Members of the Imperial family on formal occasions, geisha, maiko, and sumo wrestlers wear variations on common traditional accessories that are not found in everyday dress, such as certain types of kimono. As an extension of this, many practitioners of Japanese traditional dance wear similar kimono and accessories to geisha and maiko.
In the present day, a maiko 's graduation is known as erikae (襟替え, 'turning the collar [of a kimono]'), and is entirely non-sexual, though some older sources – such as the autobiography of Mineko Iwasaki, the geisha that inspired the character Sayuri in the novel Memoirs of a Geisha by author Arthur Golden refer to the non-sexual ...
For geisha and maiko, application of oshiroi varies depending on age, status and region. Since the application of oshiroi can prove challenging, a younger maiko may have her okā-san ("mother" – typically the mother of the geisha house ) or her "older sister" geisha mentor apply it for her at first.
The geisha of this district are known for being subtle and demure, few in number but each highly accomplished dancers and musicians. [2] There are approximately 25 maiko (apprentice geisha) and geisha in Kamishichiken, along with 11 teahouses. [citation needed] The district crest is a ring of skewered dango (sweet dumplings). [3]