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    Geisha (芸者) (/ˈɡeɪʃə/; Japanese: [ɡeːɕa]), also known as geiko (芸子) (in Kyoto and Kanazawa) or geigi (芸妓), are female Japanese performing artists and entertainers...
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  • Memoirs of a Geisha is a 2005 American epic period drama film directed by Rob Marshall and adapted by Robin Swicord from the 1997 novel of the same name...
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    Gesha coffee, sometimes referred to as Geisha coffee, is a variety of coffee tree that originated in the Gori Gesha forest, Ethiopia, though it is now...
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  • Memoirs of a Geisha is a historical fiction novel by American author Arthur Golden, published in 1997. The novel, told in first person perspective, tells...
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  • up Geisha or geisha in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Geisha are traditional Japanese female entertainers. Geisha may also refer to: The Geisha, an...
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    1949) is a Japanese businesswoman, author and former geisha. Iwasaki was the most famous geisha in Japan until her sudden retirement at the age of 29...
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    Geisha is a type of chocolate made by the Finnish company Fazer, available as a slab, a bar, or pralines. The chocolate includes Japonais hazelnut filling...
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    A Geisha or Gion Festival Music (祇園囃子, Gion Bayashi) is a 1953 Japanese drama film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, centred on the geisha milieu in post-war...
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    The Geisha, a story of a tea house is an Edwardian musical comedy in two acts. The score was composed by Sidney Jones to a libretto by Owen Hall, with...
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  • Geisha Girl may refer to: Geisha girl Geisha Girl (film), a 1952 American adventure film Geisha Girl (song), a 1957 song by Hank Locklin Geisha (disambiguation)...
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  • (舞妓さんちのまかないさん) is a Japanese television series about contemporary life in a geisha house in Kyoto, Japan. The series stars Nana Mori, Natsuki Deguchi, and...
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    into popularity, which geisha came to both represent and champion. A geisha's loyalties were also held to be more true, as geisha could choose whom they...
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    Gion (section Geisha)
    the Gion faith. The geisha in Kyoto do not refer to themselves as geisha, instead using the local term 'geiko'. While the term geisha means "artist" or...
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  • Oshiroi (白粉) is a powder foundation traditionally used by kabuki actors, geisha and their apprentices. The word is written with kanji meaning "white powder"...
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    Geisha are an Australian pop rock band, which formed in 1983 as Geisha Detail with founding mainstay Chris Doheny on lead vocals and guitar (later also...
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  • Geisha J. Williams (born Jimenez, c. 1961/1962) is a Cuban American businesswoman. She was the president and CEO of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company...
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  • 1047 Geisha, provisional designation 1924 TE, is a stony Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 11 kilometers in diameter...
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    Onsen geisha (温泉芸者) is the Japanese term geisha working in onsen (hot spring) resorts or towns, known for their traditions of performance and entertainment...
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    Prime Minister who came from Shiga Prefecture. A scandal exposed by the geisha Mitsuko Nakanishi contributed to his premature resignation from office after...
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  • The Barbarian and the Geisha (working titles The Townsend Harris Story and The Barbarian) is a 1958 American adventure film directed by John Huston and...
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  • Geisha in Rivalry (腕くらべ, Ude kurabe, 1916-1917), also translated under the title of Rivalry: A Geisha's Tale, is a Japanese novel written by Nagai Kafu...
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  • RoboGeisha (ロボゲイシャ) is a 2009 Japanese sci-fi action B movie written and directed by Noboru Iguchi, visual effects directed by Tsuyoshi Kazuno, and special...
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    Maiko (category Types of geisha)
    A maiko (舞妓, IPA: /ˈmaɪkoʊ/ MY-koh, Japanese: [maiko]) is an apprentice geisha in Kyoto. Their jobs consist of performing songs, dances, and playing the...
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  • The World of Geisha (四畳半襖の裏張り, Yojōhan fusuma no urahari) a.k.a. A Man and a Woman Behind the Fusuma Screen is a 1973 Japanese film in Nikkatsu's Roman...
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  • The Geisha Boy is a 1958 American comedy film starring Jerry Lewis, distributed by Paramount Pictures. Filmed from June 16 to August 7, 1958, it had its...
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    Ben Wa balls (redirect from Geisha balls)
    elasticity and bladder control. Baoding balls Dalby, Liza (1998). "Geisha Parties". Geisha (2nd ed.). California: University of California Press. p. 145....
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  • My Geisha is a 1962 American comedy-drama film directed by Jack Cardiff, starring Shirley MacLaine, Yves Montand, Edward G. Robinson, and Bob Cummings...
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    likely worn as a point of visual distinction between oiran, geisha and their apprentice geisha, as though the former entertained the upper classes, the latter...
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  • The Blonde Geisha (German: Die blonde Geisha) is a 1923 Austrian silent film directed by Ludwig Czerny and starring Ferry Sikla, Mizzi Schütz and Ada...
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  • Autobiography of a Geisha (芸者、苦闘の半生涯, Geisha, kutō no hanshōgai, "Geisha, Half a Lifetime of Pain and Struggle") is a book by Sayo Masuda (増田 小夜, Masuda...
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