Essay On Geisha In Japaa

How Geisha influence Japanese culture?

The Geisha described as a professor who highly trained in art, music, sing, conversation, poetry, tea ceremony, dance, etc. They are the high class- hostess in parties. Actually early Geisha were men, after that Female Geisha started to involve. They began to appeared only at teahouse first, but later they also as published entertainers. To understand Geisha role in Japanese culture is important, they like a gear that helps to carry on Japanese culture and make it not fade away.

During the Edo period, early 1600s, Japanese government set a place for entertainers, absolutely Geisha were included, it meant that they allowed to work only at the place where government has prepared for, called “Pleasure District” (Salvador, n.d, para. 7). First generation of Geisha were men, people belief that Female could not entertains in parties, these men kept the conversation going and gave performances. But after 1750, most of Geisha were female. Early female Geisha were dancers (Odoriko) or musicians who played Shamisen. They performed during dinner and entertained their customers at teahouse. The evolution of Geisha, from men to women, shows the changes of Japanese culture. Female became to have roles in society; they can educated and learned men’s job such as politic and business. Geisha got out of the male’s control which extremely important at that time, and created freely lifestyles.

Also during the 1860s, the golden age of Geisha, Geisha became acceptable in woman. They were fashionable and became fashion leader for the Japanese woman, this make woman keep interested in traditional things, such as Kimono. In 1875, Geisha took a role on public entertainers. They started to appear in Kabuki and becom...

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...shion leader who makes Kimono still be popular in society. They also who spread the Japanese culture to be known to all over Japan and closely outside world which make it doesn’t fade away. However, According to 1920 that western culture pushed in Japan, Geisha started to dye out, nobody carry on Japanese culture, people also started to fade away their culture. Personality, I believe that Japanese government won’t let them disappear. They are the part of history and identity of Japanese culture, without them many traditional cultures would be gone.

So, Geisha are an important gear in Japanese culture. They are unique and popular at the late of Geisha’s age. At the time that women under male control, Geisha create freely life style and keep the Japanese culture with them. They are not just high-class hostess, but they are the person of art whose truly Japanese spirit.