Geisha: The Life, the Voices


	Geisha: The Life, the Voices
clip-on-tie
8-10-2009 4:11 PM
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geisha, japan, culture
clip-on-tie says:
A hundred years ago geisha numbered eighty thousand; today there is a thousand at most.
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8-14-2009 12:19 AM
TX972
Beautiful picture
8-14-2009 12:48 AM
lollipop10
I watched a show on it. It's actually very difficult to wear the whole geisha costume, and have all that make up on and at the same time, act and behave perfectly.
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<DIV class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_244"><IMG width="418" height="280" alt="A professional makeup artist applies the distinctive makeup to a young geisha. The white makeup used to be lead-based, and caused the early death of many young geisha." src="http://bestbooksreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/geisha4.jpg" title="geisha4" class="size-full wp-image-244" /></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bestbooksreview.com/239/geisha-the-life-the-voices-by-jodi-cobb/"><DIV class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_244"><P class="wp-caption-text">The white makeup used to be lead-based, and caused the early death of many young geisha.</P></DIV>
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