Unlike geisha, who almost invariably own the kimono they wear to engagements, apprentice geisha tend not to own their own kimono, and instead borrow those of their okiya. After 1956, prostitution was criminalised in Japan, and mizuage is no longer practiced within the karyukai.

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Maiko hikizuri tend to be colourful and highly decorated, often featuring a design that continues inside the kimono's hem. These kimono feature a collar set further back into the neck, and sleeves attached unevenly to the body of the kimono.From the 1930s onwards, the rise of the jokyū bar hostess began to overshadow geisha as the premiere profession of entertainment at parties and outings for men. It stars two Chinese actresses, Zhang Ziyi as Sayuri and Gong Li as Hatsumomo; Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh as Mameha; and three Japanese actors, Ken Watanabe as the Chairman, Suzuka Ohgo as Sayuri's childhood incarnation Chiyo, and Youki Kudoh as the adult Pumpkin.

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It eventually evolved to become one of the most exclusive and well-known geisha districts in all of Japan. Trainees can be hired for parties, but are usually uninvited – though welcomed – guests, brought along by their symbolic older sister as a way of introducing a new trainee to patrons of the karyūkai. Kanzaki is instantly taken with Miyoharu and strokes her arm during a subsequent dance recital performed by other attending geisha. Younger apprentices may also paint their eyebrows slightly shorter or rounder to emphasise a youthful appearance.

A number of terms are used to describe the profession and community that geisha both live and work in.

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Sugawara stated that girls now "prefer[red] to become dancers, models, and cabaret and bar hostesses rather than start [the] training in music and dancing at the age of seven or eight" necessary to become geisha at the time.

Originally meaning the unloading of a ship's cargo of fish, over time, the term became an innuendo for money earned in the karyūkai, [15] another name for the entertainment business being the mizu shōbai – literally, "the water business". learning by observation') The second typical stage of a maiko's training, and the step that always follows that of shikomi. The style of this kimono varies throughout different regions; apprentices in Kyoto tend to wear large but sparsely-placed motifs, whereas apprentices elsewhere appear in kimono similar to a regular furisode, with small, busy patterns that cover a greater area.

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Gion Kobu, Ponto-chō and Kamishichiken are seen as the most prestigious, [93] with Gion Kobu at the top; below these three are Gion Higashi and Miyagawa-chō. Both maiko and geisha wear the collar on their kimono relatively far back, accentuating (for maiko) the red collar of the underkimono ( juban), and displaying (for both maiko and geisha) the two or three stripes of bare skin ( eri-ashi and sanbon-ashi respectively) left just underneath the hairline when wearing oshiroi. The plaintiff asserted that Golden had agreed to protect her anonymity if she told him about her life as a geisha, due to the traditional code of silence about their clients. Soon, women began to outnumber the men, and "geisha" came to be considered a feminine term—the prefix otoko (male) coming to be used to denote male geisha.Though relatively uncommon in previous decades, geisha parties are no longer understood to be affairs for male guests exclusively, with women commonly attending parties alongside other male guests. By the 1830s, geisha were considered to be the premiere fashion and style icons in Japanese society, and were emulated by women of the time. A number of dressing-up parlors, known as henshin studios, will dress tourists up as maiko or geisha for a fee, allowing them to walk through the streets of Gion and have their photo taken; by law in Kyoto, these tourists are required to dress inaccurately, so as not to impersonate geisha or maiko. water business') A euphemistic term used to describe the entertainment and red-light districts in Japan, including the worlds of kabuki actors and geisha.