In Japan, the term Geisha became popular in the 1700s and before that, a long while back, "Saburuko (serving girls) were mostly wandering girls whose families were displaced from struggles in the late 600s" according to Wikipedia. Geisha are entertainers and back then they were entertainers of many elite parties or gatherings. In the late 1700s is when young women started considering themselves as Geisha if they were in the entertainment field and business. Now, in modern days, Geisha life is still very strict and hard. Going the way of a Geisha takes a lot of work, and it's a decision to make when you're young. First, a young girl will become a Maiko and normally take a 6-month journey (it can be up to 5 years!) to become a Geisha. Before becoming a Geisha, she will help her Geisha sisters get ready for parties, along with doing their clothes or other chores around a Geisha household. After her 6 months, she will go through a test to show what she's learned. Along with her journey, she will learn to dance traditionally, maybe learn to sing or even play an instrument. Learning to serve people is also part of the job, and you must be very out-going. Geisha will get dressed up in heavy and expensive Kimonos for their parties or events. Makeup and hair are also very important. When makeup is applied, it is a long process. The foundation is a thick white base and normally there are 2 or 3 spots left untouched in the back of their neck (I'm not sure what it means but it's traditional). Geisha's hair is also normally worn up.

Once Geisha are entertaining at parties if their host asks them to drink they may accept, and if they also ask for a 'relationship' of some kind geisha may also accept, but it is not required, although it is polite to have a drink with their host.



SKIN


it took me a while to make this skin, but I very much appreciate the maiko and geisha culture, I find it interesting and I've also watched many documentaries on geisha. My skin is not very accurate to geisha, normally their hair is up, and kimonos normally don't look like that. They do have many hair accessories but not necessarily the ones I've put on my skin. Anyways just thought I'd say that my skin isn't very accurate.