1. When you come to Kyoto, Geisha, you should first go to the temperature distance. Temperature is the most Kyotoic. It is a traditional Japanese-style fence, a towering gate with a noreng hanging, and a street of fairies lined up with the finest Japanese fairies. Among the fairies in temperature distance, the most expensive is the fairy Gwangdo, which costs 300,000 yen per person to play overnight. It does not mean that there is only money, but it is only accessible with the introduction of a member or member of the house. If you walk along the back alley of the temperature right at sunset along the wall of Gwangdoga, you can see a traditional gisaeng and geisha walking while painting white powder to the back of the neck and dragging the guedas. Today, the number of geisha has decreased significantly, and it is said that there are only dozens in Kyoto now, because there are no women who want to play geisha. In addition, it is not easy to come at Keisha School because it is very difficult to learn traditional dances such as Miyako Odori (Cherry Blossom Dance) to play songs, Shamisen (Japanese traditional instrument, a three-line stringed instrument) for at least five years, and study flower arrangement, ancient Japanese ceramics, and even world politics. Originally, Geisha's education begins on the 6th day of the 6th, 6 months, and 6th day and ends only at the age of 16. During this decade, they stay and eat at Okiya (Geisha's house) run by retired Geisha. They receive education by calling Geisha, who retired there, mother. In the meantime, you shouldn't watch television, call friends, can't meet your boyfriend, and have to obey your senior unconditionally. In addition, in order to maintain Geisha's hairstyle, she must sleep with a high pillow and paint the back of her neck white with secretions from Nightingale, which is sometimes dangerous enough to cause lead poisoning. At the end of this rough 10-year process, you will finally become a geisha, a talented person. When you become a geisha, you finally go out to drink. They lead customers with the best traditional music and dance, delicious food and alcohol, and witty and sophisticated conversations. At the age of 20, Geisha will be able to choose her lover at will. For example, Donasan Mountain (Namjoo) is chosen, and Donasan Mountain is usually a chaebol or politician. Of course, they are married, and they provide financial support ranging from millions to tens of millions of won per month to geisha, and instead meet them whenever necessary to have sex. The way Donasan Mountain and Geisha become lovers is also unique. The consciousness that combines with each other is called "Mijuage," which lasts for seven days. Keisha and Donasan enter the bedroom with three eggs on the first night, and Donasan breaks the eggs and eats the yolk by himself and applies the white to Keisha's thigh. Then you have sex, which continues for as long as seven days. It can never be seen as a happy life because you have to go through such a difficult process before becoming a geisha and end your life as a concubine of a married man. Nevertheless, the Japanese respect Keisha. However, it is a story when others were geisha, and when one's daughter tries to become a geisha, one strongly opposes it. What kind of parents in the world would like to pour alcohol at drinking parties, dance, and do other people's concubines within the clan? Therefore, it is natural that the number of geisha decreases day by day. There was a time when this geisha was once spotlighted by the media. This is the 1989 scandal with Japanese Prime Minister Uno and Keisha. Keisha, who has lived as Uno's mistress all her life, revealed to the media one day that Uno and he were in an internal relationship when Uno neglected him. In this case, Uno resigned from the Prime Minister's Scandals with politicians and women often occur, and it usually appears as an interest in weekly magazines, but this incident is different. This is because the opponent was not an ordinary ordinary woman, but a geisha. For the general public, Geisha is a person who lives in a mysterious world. So, since they are curious about the world of geisha and are externally wary of some dignity and dignity that only geisha has, the incident drew keen attention from the Japanese people, and the Japanese public resented the inhumanity of the politician who brutally abandoned geisha. Temperature distance. Where the sound of geisha's clog rings the alley. A friend of mine, Narmi, says he can read Kyoto's mind when the temperature comes. Temperature. A place where geisha sell alcohol, dance, singing, and atmosphere. The place with the most Japanese sentiment among Japan. However, it seems that the movies here have passed by now. Now, only about 20 geisha maintain its reputation, and there are no women who support geisha. In the future, geisha may also have to cultivate in the country and continue its reputation. 2. Geisha, whose job is to entertain geisha's life and singing men. Their colorful kimonos and grotesque makeup were once admired by Japanese women. However, unlike the outward beauty, most geisha are often destined to be sad. However, they try to overcome the limitations of their origins and become true artists through constant training. Geisha's goal is always perfect. However, it is also a dream that cannot be achieved forever. Geisha Village in Kyoto, where old two-story wooden houses are densely packed. As if each house was hiding something secret, the windows were locked tightly, so you couldn't look inside from outside. In the past, there were fortress walls and cemeteries nearby, so access was restricted, but now anyone can easily enter this place. However, you cannot enter restaurants or tea houses with geisha without being guided yet. At twilight, several black cars slide into the alley. The gentlemen in dark suits get out of the car, take off their shoes at the entrance of the restaurant, and disappear completely inside. Now everything that happens in it will hide behind the thick curtains. At first, I thought it was almost impossible to look into everything in this hidden world. Luckily, however, I was able to take a deep look at the daily life and essence of Geisha thanks to meeting Yuriko and Mayumi. Yuri Kko runs a fairly famous geisha house in Kyoto. He is called Okami-sang, two mature geisha, four My Kko (a young girl in training), and two Tamago (meaning eggs, which means young geisha aspiring students in Japan are called eggs like Yeonggye in Korea). It has a total of eight people. The atmosphere of Yuriko's house is more like a female student's dormitory than a freight system. Yuri Kko, who is 48 years old this year, is warm-hearted, humorous, and sociable. She made me realize how wrong my preconceived notions about the Japanese have been. When I said I wanted to cover Geisha closely, he readily accepted my offer. Mayumi is a dancer who works in one of the most prosperous geisha villages in Tokyo. She tried to let me know what happened on this floor by mobilizing short English and gestures. According to the guest, he taught me when and how much to bow loudly, and when he felt that the temple I was doing was insufficient, he reached out his hand and pressed my head to the ground. Mayumi had excellent beauty and had no fat to the point where she couldn't believe she was 54 years old. He persuaded his colleagues who were reluctant to reveal themselves and showed themselves to the secret places I had never expected to dare see. Geisha, who first appeared in a kwak in Kyoto in 1751, captivated men with not only sex but also mental hospitality over hundreds of years. Originally, Geisha's origin was male, but 50 years later, this job has become a woman-only stronghold. In Japan, geisha and prostitutes are still strictly separated. Geisha, who is considered an art of hospitality, is prohibited from sleeping with customers, and even if they sleep together, they never receive money. Most of Keisha's customers are talented people in the Japanese business and political circles. So, Keisha is also a symbol of the success of Japanese men. Until Japan's economic miracle began, women mainly took this path to escape poverty. There are so many long stories that the stories of older geisha have left even after writing a book. They usually meet poor parents and are sold by others, abandoned by their husbands, or born as the daughter of a geisha or prostitute. However, they have tried to overcome the limitations of their origins and pioneer new lives through constant training or become living cultural properties on their own. When you become a geisha, you keep your personal information strictly secret. This is also the pride of geisha. The world of geisha is sensuous. Skin as soft as silk, a mat made of rice bran, and hot grains and a feast. The sound of a sad string instrument and the sound of a drum played with a constant beat as if hypnotizing. What seduces a Japanese man, a terrible worker bee? Falling into the night world with geisha is the escape from the office, a series of strict controls and ruthless tensions. It is alcohol that seduces the cool-headed. They are free to laugh, chat, and truly think as much as they want here. Geisha coys next to them, greets them, gently emulates them, and forgets the fatigue during the day. Geisha is like a man's henchman. Nothing harmful to men is tolerated there. This Catarsis, which runs every night, every week, or every month, allows men to prepare for tomorrow. Geisha is a luxury item of a man and a symbol that proves his social and economic ability. The night meeting is very free, and when a customer comes in, the geisha simply bows formally, sits next to her, continuously smiles, feeds her snacks, and pours alcohol.
When a geisha gets up and starts dancing, men are bound to be mesmerized by her outstanding figure. After a quick turn of alcohol, men start to get drunk and their faces turn red or their tongues curl up. At this time, if a geisha holds the tip of a red cherry in her mouth enough to be sensational, one customer enjoys picking and eating the cherry. In one corner, an old geisha sings an obscene geisha song, ripping off Samisen (a Japanese string instrument with three lines and a long neck and no strings). An excited customer hugs the geisha roughly and dances, crushes her carefully trimmed hair, and puts her hands roughly into the kimono. But no one is resentful about this. On one side of the room, there is someone who falls on the floor and glances for a while, while two men in light summer kimonos are tangled up and dance rubbing their cheeks. Like a samurai, a waiter tied a string to his forehead takes off the clothes of one of the dancing men. Everyone is pretending not to know. Sake (Japanese liquor made of rice), beer, and whiskey overflow, and men are drunk with satisfaction, forgetting all the things during the day. After completing the training, My Kko can attend social gatherings, but should not lead the flow of conversation. She is just a decoration for the meeting. When the drinking party is over and the customer leaves, Keisha goes outside and bows politely to the staggering customer by saying "Oh-ki (thank you)." When the limousine carrying the guest leaves, he smiles and winks to say goodbye. Then their day ends. The calculation will be made by mail a few days later, and if there are five customers, it will be about 1 million yen (about 10 million won). Geisha usually attends one or two meetings in the evening and takes two days off a month. There is no surveillance and no scuffle over calculation problems to break the night mood. It's simply perfect. Geisha tries to be a man's favorite thoroughly. Geisha's face, which is white like a blank sheet, is like a canvas where guests can freely draw their desires and fantasies. The fascinating eyes and lips look like symbols of lust. Geisha is beautiful, but sadly has no name. When you become a geisha, everything about your personal information is erased. White makeup gives off a grotesque impression at first glance. Especially in broad daylight, it looks like a ghost. However, under the candlelight, it gives off a very mysterious charm. The golden face is even attractive. Makeup sometimes hides the age, but in many cases, geisha, who appears to be a teenager, is actually a mature woman. In geisha, "gei" means "a person who lives by art" in Japanese. In Japanese aesthetics, art is packaging. In other words, it hides the appearance of daily life and thoroughly ritualizes it. In Kyoto's Keisha village, several generations of Keisha, including daughters, mothers, aunts, and nephews, live together. "Okami Sang" (the oldest geisha) is in full control as a godmother. Due to the rapid influx of Western culture, the number of girls who want to step into the world of geisha has decreased a lot these days, but once they decide to take this path, most of them choose voluntarily, unlike in the past. It is to imagine very romantic or to enter with affection for Japanese traditions. Young girls wearing white faces, red lips, and flapping wide-sleeved kimonos feel an indescribable charm. In order to create a beautiful head shape that winds like a valley, geisha has to pay a painful price. After a young geisha has done this hair for years, the top of her head is peeled off. This is called the "wound of glory" between Mycos. Geisha should not be sensitive to physical pain. They should never frown even if they are in pain sitting on their knees for hours. The kneeling posture is also quite difficult for Japanese women who keep the tradition well. Even when sleeping, geisha should sleep with a lot of wheat grains and a high wooden needle wrapped around the outside with a cloth to avoid disturbing her carefully decorated hair. Older geisha consistently says that compared to the past, training these days is not harsh at all. In the past, when the teacher trained Mykko, he kicked her out of the door in the middle of winter, played Samisen until her finger bled, and forced her to sing until her voice subsided. Nevertheless, 9 out of 10 Mycos today are unable to withstand the training process and are giving up halfway. Only when you endure the training course well can you transform from MyKko into a true geisha. When you become a true geisha, you wear a more colorful and sophisticated kimono and make your makeup more elegant. From this time on, a knot was attached to the neck, and the "wound of glory" on the head disappeared. Geisha's movement exudes a complete yet natural style. They practice traditional dance, Samisen performance, traditional Japanese songs, and calligraphy as well as tea ceremony. Their goal is always perfect, but it may never be reached until death. Usually, Japanese men judge the seasoned beauty of geisha through dialogue. Geisha dances and plays are basic and must also have excellent speech skills. You need to know how to talk about obscene things as well as the latest topics such as events, sumo, and plays occurring around the world. Most geisha hope that someone with strong wealth will be caught as a customer. So I want to educate them, buy them expensive kimonos, travel abroad together, and be willing to set up a house or store. When a customer gives birth to a baby somehow, he or she recognizes it as his or her own baby and receives child support. Although rare, if a customer is lucky and single, they may succeed in getting married. When that happens, they leave the world of geisha without regret. The average age of geisha is 40 years or older. Older geisha runs her own geisha house, teaches dance and music, and attends annual performances held by the city. Even at the age of 80 or older, they wear thick clothes and heavy wigs, sweating under hot lights and performing traditional kabuki. Mayumi, a native of Tokyo, says that becoming a geisha is like being destined even before birth. Born in a poor and brotherly family, my mother was sold to a geisha house when she was eight years old. My mother slept with a customer to pay off her grandmother's debt, but she was pregnant with me. The father didn't recognize me as his own child. In the end, I had no choice but to become a geisha like my mother. When I was six years old, on the 6th day of the sixth month, I had a ceremony to step into this job. Not long after I entered Geisha, I got my first regular customer. I don't want to use the expression "Regular customer." This gives me the feeling that I sold my body for money. I had a connection with the men I really wanted, and that had nothing to do with money. I think I resemble my mother in this regard. My mother is also very proud of not selling her body because she is blind to money. My mother is a person who has never received money directly from customers other than getting paid at the Geisha house. When I fell in love for the first time, my mother said this. "Wake up, you will despise your work. If you continue to be stubborn, you will face economic collapse."And then my mother gave me two options. I'm asking you to choose between mother and lover. I had no choice but to choose my mother. Because my duty to my mother precedes anything else. Looking back on the 54 years I've lived, I still feel like I've enjoyed a very happy life. Although there were times when I felt most unhappy in the world when I was young, it was a success that I didn't owe a penny while living on this floor. I'm satisfied with this life right now. But once again, if I were to be born in this world, I wish I could be born as a man then. Then I think I can be much more free.』 Yuri-kko, who runs a large geisha house in Kyoto, also has a sad story.
My hometown is Kyushu Island. The men there are famous for their advocates of Chauvinism (fantastic and exclusive patriotism. Only boys are welcomed there, and girls are treated as cheondeoks. When I was young, my family was very rich, but my brothers always treat me badly. At first, I didn't know why you bothered me so much. When I was 11 years old, my grandmother said this. The mother who raised me is not a biological mother. So I went out to find my real mother. But she remarried a poor carpenter and had four more children, so she couldn't raise me. Eventually, I was sold to a hospital on land. I can't believe my biological mother who gave birth to me sells me. What a tragedy. For four years, I worked at the hospital from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. to death. At that time, I was really desperate to live, so I thought I'd rather die, so I tried to commit suicide. But when the suicide prayer ended in failure, I decided to stand up on my own again. For years, I traveled from city to city and worked in bars such as clubs and cabaret, and when I was 17, I flowed into Kyoto. Unexpectedly, I met a geisha there. She persuaded me to learn traditional Japanese art. While being trained, I felt as if I were in heaven. At that time, there was no other alternative. Because I was able to pay off my debts to the house of Geisha only by walking this way. My first customer was a seventy-two-year-old man, but he was treated as a VIP at a Keisha's house with great wealth. He was very kind to me and a great supporter. But about three years after I entered Geisha, I got so many customers that I didn't need him anymore. So I told him that I was in love with a man and that I was going to marry him, and he even gave me wedding funds to congratulate me. But after the falsehood was revealed, I had to hide myself and throw a small club. I was 22 years old then. At that time, my best goal in my life was not to live like a mother. At least he decided not to abandon his children with his own body. Even beautiful things like cats don't throw away their children. So I brought abandoned young girls to my house and started to develop my talents by taking care of them like my own children. One of them completed a year-long training course to become My Kko. I put him to sleep, fed him, dressed him, and sent him to school. He also bought him a new kimono every month, and now there are as many as 35 kimonos that cost 15 million won per suit. I invested a huge amount of money of 375 million won to train one MyKko. Of them, about 225 million won was returned, which means they lost a lot. But I need these girls. Because these kids bring fame to my house. Wouldn't customers trust our house and visit us more often because I have a lot of outstanding Maikko? That's why I'm not sparing any money on their training course. In Kyoto, Mykko must be a virgin. You should never sell your body. If you have a relationship with a man even once, you can no longer focus on art. But when one of Mycos in my house got to know a man, I quietly sent her out so that she could get married.』 Now, when Japanese men show off their economic and social abilities, they enjoy participating in golf clubs or driving racing cars rather than visiting Keisha. Geisha Village, which had a reputation in the past, is fading in a whirlpool of rapid change. Arcades, movie theaters, shops, and love hotels have increased tremendously, and pornography, flashy bars and night clubs, which are performed every week on television, are encroaching on the realm of geisha. At the beginning of the 20th century, about 80,000 women were engaged in geisha, but now only about 10,000 geisha are active. The reality is that these geisha usually work in hot springs and share prostitution and alcohol entertainment. They are no longer proud of Geisha and have no special feelings for their seniors other than respecting the orthodox Geisha. Their training process is extremely short and formal, and they pursue money more than art. The 700-year-old tradition of geisha is slowly collapsing. Now, it is difficult to find a willingness to properly evaluate Keisha's art in Japan. In addition, most Japanese now regard authentic geisha, who devoted his entire life to the correct location of the bowl and half-moon-shaped round eyebrows during the tea ceremony, as outdated. Of course, only a few older men still know how to evaluate traditional geisha correctly. Not long ago, Japanese media briefly reported the death of 102-year-old Yokomatsu Asaji Tsutaki, saying she was Japan's last "orthodox geisha." She was a "big guy geisha" who has been dealing with Japanese political and business leaders, including Hideki Dojo, the prime minister and war criminal during the Pacific War, and Shoichiro Honda, the chairman of Honda Motors. On her 100th birthday before she died, she said, "Friends die one by one, and I don't even have a word to talk to.He confessed his loneliness. The night is dark and I love you. When love first came into me, I said, Let's go to our own home there, everything hides in the dark, even dreams lie side by side on a dark pillow, and even our whispers are submerged in the quiet darkness.- Keisha's song. - Your heart changes frequently. You'll betray me someday. I'm just like a puppet in your shadow. Please tie me up with a string of love.- Keisha's song. - The gentle spring breeze will bring happiness and the fragrant plum scent will defeat the devil. I don't worry if it rains or snows. It will come tomorrow as well, so I just enjoy the thrilling taste of alcohol.- Keisha's song. - I ran down the long hallway with a guest who came to me tonight, clicked, closed the latch, and fell in love with only one person, but now I have to go back, listening to the bell ringing in my lonely haven and silence.- Keisha's song. - We washed our white bodies by a clear stream. Your touch that slowly washed our hearts in the waves and loosened my hair. You won't remember me anymore, but I won't forget you. As if I'm waiting for another spring day...- Keisha's song. - Even though you know you can't believe it, you always come back regretfully. With such a pale and sad face, like a butterfly that needs a place to rest at night.- Keisha's song. - I spent many days longing to be with you. The days we spent separately and together in poor longing are short, but it's not too early to say goodbye. - Keisha's song. - I can't sleep. I still have sweet love words.- Keisha's song. -
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