This year for the first time ever, geishas from 19 Japanese regions are participating in the annual Azuma Odori ...

In Japanese, the word geisha means "person of the arts" — a woman or man trained in traditional Japanese performing arts. But the core role of geishas goes far beyond "just dancing and singing ...

College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn is celebrating Japan’s iconic Shogun era with a never-seen-in-the-U.S. art exhibit. “Hokusai ...

The samurai were a preeminent class defending Japan for centuries. But as the Tokugawa shogunate ushered in an era of ...

Much of his teaching and research center on Japan's encounters with the West ... Meaning a "person of art," the geisha dedicate years to perfecting traditional skills, from music and dance, to tea ...

Moving from his native Australia to the UK in his 20s, little did he know of the impact he would have on the global art world ...

As you enter the heart of Kyoto’s geisha culture, you hear laughter spilling from hidden tea houses. Welcome to Gion, a district that draws you in with its traditional wooden ... the monk who ...

In the popular imagination, geishas are often confused with courtesans, but in fact their work – as trained masters of refined old art forms – does not involve selling sex. “Japanese people ...