She was a geisha. But she left me many unforgettable moments.
“Life gives us brief moments with another...but sometimes in those brief moment we get memories that last a life time... (anon)”
Geishas, strictly speaking, aren't prostitutes. But, .....Geisha and prostitution
There is controversy over whether geisha are prostitutes. While both sides in the controversy acknowledge that until the 1950s, geisha routinely performed one initial act of paid sex, there has been a sharp dispute over whether this act - called mizuage - should be considered an act of prostitution. A travel website called ThingsAsian says that there is some confusion about the nature of the geisha profession, implying that the conception of geisha as prostitutes is a foreign misunderstanding.
• At various times and places, many non-Japanese have understood geisha to be prostitutes,
ThingsAsian says that even 19th-century Japanese officials had confusion about this. The website argues that legitimate geisha did not engage in paid sex with clients.
• Their purpose is to entertain their customer, be it by dancing, reciting verse, playing musical instruments, or engaging in light conversation. Geisha engagements may include flirting with men and playful innuendos; however, clients know that nothing more can be expected. In a social style that is common in Japan, men are amused by the illusion of that which is never to be.
• Sheridan Prasso wrote that Americans had:
an incorrect impression of the real geisha world, where geisha means "arts person" trained in music and dance, not in the art of sexual pleasure.
On the other hand, a Seton Hall law article says:
"Though geisha were seen as trained entertainers and forbidden to engage in the practice of prostitution, one knowledgeable official estimated that three-fourths of geisha were prostitutes in 1929." Geisha evolved from the Edo period's high-class courtesans known as oiran, who (like geisha) wore elaborate hairstyles and white makeup, but knotted their obi in the front.
During the Edo period, prostitution in Japan was legal. Prostitutes such as the oiran worked within walled-in districts licensed by the government. In the late eighteenth century, dancing women called "odoriko" and newly popular female geisha began entertaining men at banquets in unlicensed districts. Some were apprehended for illegal prostitution and sent to the licensed quarters, where there was a strict distinction between geisha and prostitutes, and the former were forbidden to sell sex. In contrast, "machi geisha", who worked outside the licensed districts, often engaged in illegal prostitution. In 1872, shortly after the Meiji Restoration, the new government passed a law liberating "prostitutes (sh?gi) and geisha (geigi)". The wording of this statute was the subject of controversy. Some officials thought that prostitutes and geisha worked at different ends of the same profession—selling sex— and that all prostitutes should henceforth be called "geisha". In the end, the government decided to maintain a line between the two groups, arguing that geisha were more refined and should not be soiled by association with prostitutes.
Also, geisha working in onsen towns such as Atami are dubbed onsen geisha. Onsen geisha have been given a bad reputation due to the prevalence of prostitutes in such towns who market themselves as "geisha," as well as sordid rumors of dance routines like Shallow River (which involves the "dancers" lifting the skirts of their kimono higher and higher). In contrast to these "one-night geisha," the true onsen geisha are in fact competent dancers and musicians. However, the autobiography of Sayo Masuda, an onsen geisha who worked in Nagano Prefecture in the 1930s, reveals that in the past, such women were often under intense pressure to sell sex. **************
Yep. They're so good at making love, makes a bloke fall in love with them.
Reminds me of Gary Lewis song "Autumn",You could search the whole world over
But you'll never find
A girl so easy to fall in love with
But so hard to get off your mind
I knew the first day that I saw her
I'd soon be living my life for her
Autumn
(Autumn)
Autumn
(Autumn)
How your name
Has touched my heart
Autumn
(Stay beside me)
Autumn
(Close beside me)
Say we'll never part
She's so completely different
From other girls I have known
She does the things you'd expect her to do
But in a way that's all her own
You don't know what she does to me
When she's makin' love to me
Autumn
(Autumn)
Autumn
(Autumn)
How your name
Has touched my heart
Autumn
(Stay beside me)
Autumn
(Close beside me)
Say we'll never part
I thought I had life down pat
Love 'em, leave 'em and be on my way
(Love 'em, leave 'em)
But girl, since you gave your love to me
In your arms is where I'll stay
Autumn
(Autumn)
Autumn
(Autumn)
How your name
Has touched my heart
Autumn
(Stay beside me)
Autumn
(Close beside me)
Say we'll never part
Autumn
(Autumn)
Autumn
(Autumn)
How your name
Has touched my heart
Autumn
(Stay beside me)
Autumn
(Close beside me)
Say we'll never part
Autumn
(Autumn)
Autumn
(Autumn)
How your name
Has touched my heart
Autumn
(Stay beside me)
Autumn
Watching Rino Kamiya videos brings back memories of Japan sojourn. **************
No different from hospitality girls in the Philippines. Or, RNs. The luvly pix. Perhaps, even luvlier videos. Later, passed around in USA. Wonder how much $ was involved. Hmmmm!
Used to do something similar with student nurses boarding our place in Cebu 30+ years ago. Looking for Aussie penpals. But no money involved. Only being superfriendly to me.