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Geisha are customary Japanese entertainers, sometimes acting as hosts or performers for their customers. When people think of geishas, the image of a young Japanese woman with a face caked in a white paste, with lips lined in bright red, clad in an extravagant kimono comes to mind. However, the earliest geishas were actually men in the 18th century, who worked as entertainers, singing and dancing. By the late 1700s, the career was mostly dominated by women. Geishas are regarded as cultural icons

Definition The most common misconception of a female in the geisha occupation is that a geisha is a prostitute or call girl (Chan, 2001). Geisha are entertainers, these women are vigorously trained in art, music, and dancing. Geisha translated from Japanese to English means “artist” (The History and Culture of Japanese Geisha, 2008). Becoming a true geisha is a prestigious honor to Japanese girls (The History and Culture of Japanese Geisha, 2008). If a girl who is pursuing a career as

I always marveled at how Joshua’s Yakama managed to stay on. Sweat dripping and curls bouncing with each exercise, Joshua listened for my instruction. I had to be very articulate and an extremely good demonstrator when correcting Joshua with his exercises. A practicing Hasidic Jew, Joshua was not allowed to touch or be touched by a female. Touch for Gary, however, was crucial. Legally blind from the age of 6, Gary relied on his sense of touch, as well as my physical contact guiding him through

In the novel Memoirs of a Geisha, Arthur Golden displays the mobility of a geisha between classes through Sayuri Nitta, who is transformed from a poor orphan to one of the most famous geishas in Japan, and into a different, stronger woman. The class system in Japan was divided into four castes from the 12th to the 19th century, and one of the few exceptions to the caste rule were the geisha. Merchants were the bottom tier, followed by artisans, then farmers, and finally, samurai. People such as actors

Memoir Although my family had talked about getting another dog I never actually thought we were really going to. A couple days before we went to Lamancha, my parents had to fill out an application online for permission to adopt a dog from them. The application included that we had to have references and asked questions like where the dog would sleep, if my parents had kids and how old they were, if we were good with dogs. All kinds of questions to make sure that the dog we picked got the best possible

In the exposition of the novel Memoirs of a Geisha, a girl named Chiyo grew up in a little town called Yoroido and got sold to be a geisha. Chiyo lives with her sick mother, father, and her big sister Satsu. Chiyo was born with an unusual pair of translucent gray eyes, just like her mother. Somewhere in her life in Yoroido, she met a person that would change her life forever, his name was Mr. Tanaka Ichiro. The day when she met Mr. Tanaka Ichiro, Chiyo fell on the ground, lips bleeding, he tended

Graduation memoir Senior year! Every senior is eager for graduation, their making college decisions, taking their SAT tests, getting senior portraits, and looking forward to getting ready for graduation day. Thinking back now, almost every adult told me my high school years would fly by, they were right. I remember being an anxious eighth grader thinking about starting my freshman year of high school. We went from being at the top of the school to being at the bottom of a new one. All of our middle

My Memoir Broken. My world is crashing before my eyes. How will any of this ever be okay again? Oh, that’s right. It won’t. Let me explain. It all started going downhill in February 2017. My best friend, my inspiration, my grandpa was ill. Over the next few months he got weaker. He wasn’t able to do anything on his own. He couldn’t walk, eat, drink, shower, you name it, he couldn’t do it. It was honestly and truly, the hardest thing i’ve ever had to watch. You go from seeing

Another memoir? It feels like the teachers in every grade meet and come up with the same assignments. It’s pointless. At least it’s like a free period. It’s why I sat in the back. I can be fully secluded and do what I want, even though it’s a large open library. Jam out, watch some videos, whatever. I won’t do well on this paper or in this class, but forget it. School just doesn't seem important compared to anything else in my life. In every class I just sit and think of all the better things I could

Title of Paper While many people believe that Japanese Geisha girls are nothing more than a glorified prostitute, nothing could be further from the true. In reality Geisha girls are unique entertainers that have had extensive training in music art and dance. And being a true Geisha is an honor for a young woman. The word Geisha translates in English as Performing artist or artisan which is a high class professional female entertainer in Japan. Becoming a Geisha is done in stages. If a girl begins