Earphones on, eyes closed: An Evening With a Kyoto Maiko | Japanese Bedtime Story
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Imagine a November evening in Kyoto. At a small arranged gathering, you meet a maiko, an apprentice performing artist, and a senior geiko. What does a maiko practise to make a few movements look easy? A fan movement repeated slowly, hair dressed by a specialist, and the collar change called erikae show the training behind the appearance, and why visitors let working performers pass without stopping them for photographs…
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