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Maiko

A Maiko

A Maiko is a beginner Geisha. They are usually around 15 to 20 years old. The training to become a Maiko is usually around 10 months long.[1][2][3]

Maiko Media

  • An apprentice geisha 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

  • Minarai wearing shidare kanzashi, composed by long chains of silk flowers

  • Maiko with willow kanzashi

  • (video) A maiko dancing

Related pages

References

  1. ↑ "The path to becoming an apprentice geisha — a maiko — in Japan is no bed of roses". National Post. https://nationalpost.com/news/world/the-path-to-becoming-an-apprentice-geisha-a-maiko-in-japan-is-no-bed-of-roses. 
  2. ↑ "Confessions Of A Maiko, Japan's Geisha-In-Training". Refinery 29.
  3. ↑ "The Long Journey of Becoming a Maiko". The Kyoto Project. Archived from the original on 2020-03-25. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
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