Geisha

Title: Geisha
Category: Literature / English | Words: 1459 | Pages: 6.2 (approximately 235 words/page)

Geisha

Many nations carry on with them customs and traditions that are not always accepted by other parts of the world. One custom that may not be nationally accepted is the artisan of the Japanese geisha. People generally do not accept what they do not know and therefore it is viewed that geisha were solely Japanese prostitutes rather than performers and entertainers. Geisha were known to be found in large industrialized cities in Japan such as …showed first 75 words of 1459 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 1459 total…the duty of the geisha to entertain her donna above anyone else and this meant that she was "hands off" to others. (Geocities 1, Township 1-2) The profession is not very well known today by most because late in the 1940's the entertainment of geisha was outlawed and pretty much died out. There are only a few thousand known in Japan now and are located predominately in Osaka and Kyoto where this tradition took flight. (Gibson 66, Geocities 2)

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