Geisha… hmmm… many people taught a bad side of the geisha life… they known to be as the entertainer for the men who never fulfill their needs and lust! For me by looking in the name of art, being a Geisha is not as simple as that. They had going through so many phase of their life in order to be an extraordinary Geisha. Since childhood or the other name is ‘maiko’ – the apprentice geisha, they need to practice in order to be a good dancer, plays the musical instrument shamisen, shakuhachi, drums, understand the every single part art calligraphy and poetry. The uniqueness of the Japanese arts ! And I’m too impressed of it, they way they devoted their life. The dance, the tea ceremony and of course the kimono itself… every single accessories wears together with the kimono play a meaningful way.. That’s the obsessed of beauty and art!
The Geisha had to sacrifice everything in their life just because of the art… how many people out there have the strong willing to do that? During the hard time, women being strictly not allowed to work outside and never have chance to enter the education institution, just being trained to be a modest mother and obedient wife. However, geisha whom mostly come from very poor families had no other choice in their life; they had to be an entertainer or else low-class prostitute. And yet, they had being restricted to fall in love and no word “married “ever come in their life. They devoted their life in art for the rest of their life. Those all what happened back days.
Look at the good side of Geisha, they play major contribution in the development of Japanese arts and beauty! In the modernization days of Japan, people start to ignore the traditional arts and lifestyle. Without them, maybe most of the artistic of dances, traditional music, calligraphy, poems etc., would have just being diminished. After reading the novel Memoirs of Geisha and watching the movie, I just can’t help myself from being too fond in the beauty of Japanese arts…
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