Maiko

One type of geiko, famed throughout the world as the symbol of Kyoto, is the young dancer known as a maiko, or “woman of dance.” ❋ Mineko Iwasaki With Rande Brown (2002)

After the mizuage ceremony, the next major rite of passage in the life of a maiko is her erikae ceremony, or “turning of the collar.” ❋ Mineko Iwasaki With Rande Brown (2002)

Entrepreneurial trainee geisha, called maiko, were honing their craft at the outdoor venues, where for 530 yen (six dollars) patrons get a beer and a chance to chat with the kimono-clad young women before watching them perform traditional dances, The Daily ❋ Unknown (2010)

(530 yen) cost of a beer, visitors can raise toasts and make conversation with trainee geisha, called maiko, before they perform nightly traditional Kyotan dances known as "kyomai" on a special beer garden stage. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A '' maiko '' apprentice geisha brought a cup of tea and placed it in front of a guest. ❋ Unknown (2010)

When I first got here, on my first trip to Kyoto, I saw a couple maiko apprentice geisha, and blogged about wondering if a geisha could be feminist. ❋ Bardiac (2008)

The dance is put on by a dance school that trains (some of) the geiko (the Kyoto dialect word for geisha) and maiko of the Gion district of Kyoto. ❋ Bardiac (2008)

A former maiko-turned-geisha about 10 years ago, now living in Tokyo: ❋ Bardiac (2008)

One eighty-five-year-old client told the proprietor of a studio, that she had adored the maiko the geisha in training since girlhood and wanted to try dressing up as one before she died. ❋ Veronica Chambers (2007)

When I was twenty I “turned my collar,” the rite of passage that signals the transformation from maiko to adult geiko. ❋ Mineko Iwasaki With Rande Brown (2002)

For the first time I understood how important it was to Auntie Oima that I become a maiko. ❋ Mineko Iwasaki With Rande Brown (2002)

The change in hairstyle meant that I had entered the later stages of my career as a maiko. ❋ Mineko Iwasaki With Rande Brown (2002)

It is usual for maiko and geiko to move about during a banquet, to greet the various guests, so this was not considered rude. ❋ Mineko Iwasaki With Rande Brown (2002)

Haruko Katayama, the third iemoto of the school, put together a dance program that featured the talented maiko and geiko who were her students. ❋ Mineko Iwasaki With Rande Brown (2002)

I ended my career as a maiko with as much ambivalence as I had begun it, but for different reasons. ❋ Mineko Iwasaki With Rande Brown (2002)

She still had to squeeze in courtesy calls to the ochaya, to pay respects to the older maiko and geiko who would be guiding her later on and to curry favor with the managers of the teahouses where she would be working. ❋ Mineko Iwasaki With Rande Brown (2002)