Komomo, a maiko applying lipstick <br /> Kyoto, Japan, 2005.<br /> Komomo is still an apprentice maiko, (“dance child” or “half-jewel”) and as part of her training spends twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week for about five years studying the formal arts such as dance, music, poetry. She follows her onee-san in the evenings but is paid considerably less than a geisha.

Face to Face: Portraits of the Human Spirit

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Komomo, a maiko applying lipstick
Kyoto, Japan, 2005.
Komomo is still an apprentice maiko, (“dance child” or “half-jewel”) and as part of her training spends twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week for about five years studying the formal arts such as dance, music, poetry. She follows her onee-san in the evenings but is paid considerably less than a geisha.
  • Date: 30 Sep 2005
  • Location: Kyoto Japan
  • Filename: 019.tif
  • Image size: 3007x4500 pixels
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