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Meet the mistress of Nara’s last geisha house — a remarkable woman who’s on a mission to keep this complex tradition alive in her ancient city, a former capital of Japan.

The pretty painted face of Japanese patriarchy' The Japanese word "geisha" literally means "art person". They are traditional Japanese female entertainers who are skilled in arts such as classical ...

KYOTO--A geisha with her face covered by a plain surgical face mask hardly fits the traditional dainty image of the practitioners of the centuries-old art form that is largely hidden from the ...