The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House is a Japanese television series based on the manga Kiyo in Kyoto about contemporary life in a geisha house. The series stars Nana Mori, Natsuki Deguchi, and Aj
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A maiko is an apprentice geisha. Their jobs consist of performing songs, dances, and playing the shamisen or other traditional Japanese instruments for visitors during banquets and parties, known as o
An apprentice geiko on the day of her misedashi, the occasion when a shikomi becomes an apprentice proper. Notice two dangling kanzashi on the sides of her hairstyle.
Two Kyoto maiko walking
Maiko wearing shidare kanzashi, composed by long chains of silk flowers
Maiko with willow kanzashi