Magnum Photos
Photographers 
Photographers 
Decades 
Decades 
Miscellaneous 
Miscellaneous 
Orientation 
Orientation 
Material 
Material 
Level 
Level 

Distro - Kyoto's Geisha. 1999. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 

Following the success of Authur Golden's best selling novel Memoirs of a Geisha, the intrigue around the ladies of servitude has accelerated. Kyoto being one of the ancient capitals of Japan, is now the centre for Geisha tradition. Nowadays their existence is increasingly fragile, lost in a modern Japan obsessed with technology and Western ideas. Still surviving is the Geisha school where women train in the traditional arts at Nokobaggakuen and the special Geisha theatre performance at Kaburenjo Theatre. The Geisha and their apprentices, the Maiko, are best known for their sensitive work of entertaining... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1999

JAPAN. Kyoto. Geisha's Geiko-san and Maiko-san walking under... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1999

JAPAN. Kyoto. Two young Maiko-san walk in the evening. 1999. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1999

Japan. Kyoto. Two young Maiko-san in the street. 1999. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1999

Japan. Kyoto. Two young Maiko-san walk in the street in Gion... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1999

Japan. Kyoto. Geiko-san waiting outside their Oehaya. 1999. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1999

Japan. Kyoto. For $70 tourists can dress as Maijo-san for photographs... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1999

JAPAN. Tokyo. Maiko-san walking her dog. 1999.

Chris Steele-Perkins 1999

Japan. Chiyogiku, a Freelance Geisha with her dog in Tokyo.... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1999

JAPAN. Kyoto. Geisha. 1999. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1999

JAPAN. Kyoto. Geiko-sah with wig. 1999. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1999

Japan. Kyoto. Geiko-san and Maiko-san dancing for customers.... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1999

Japan. Kyoto. Maiko-san pours a drink for an escort girl with... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1999

Japan. Kyoto. Maiko-san examines male client drinking. 1999. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1999

JAPAN. Maiko-san passes behind male customer. 1999. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1999

JAPAN. Kyoto. Geiko-san lights customer's cigarette. 1999.

Chris Steele-Perkins 1999

JAPAN. Kyoto. Maiko-san entertains a party of business men and... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1999

Japan. Kyoto. Dance practice. 1999. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1999

Japan. Kyoto. Dance practice. 1999. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1999

JAPAN. Kyoto. Geiko-san without make-up at dance practice. 1999.... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1999

Japan. Kyoto. Maiko-san learning the tea ceremony. 1999. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1999

Japan. Kyoto. Maiko-san have their hair done weekly. The treatment... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1999

Japan. Kyoto. Maiko-san playing with teddy. 1999. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1999

Japan. Kyoto. Maiko-san watching tv. 1999. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1999

Japan. Kyoto. 1999. Maiko-san making up. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1999

JAPAN. Kyoto. Maiko-san making up. 1999. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1999

Japan. Kyoto. 1999. Maiko-san watching tv. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1999

JAPAN. Kyoto. Geisha. 1999. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1999

JAPAN. Kyoto. Maiko-san making up. 1999. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1999

JAPAN. Kyoto. Maiko-san with her dresser putting on her Kimono.... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1999

Japan. Kyoto. Spring Maiko-odort dance in Gion. 1999. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1999

JAPAN. Kyoto. The Miyako Odori is a Geisha festival in Kyoto.... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1999

Japan. Kyoto. Spring Maiko-odort dance in Gion. 1999. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1999

Japan. Kyoto. Maiko-san watches the Spring Maiko-odori dance... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1999

Japan. Kyoto. Maiko-san watches the Spring Maiko-odori dance... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1999

Japan. Kyoto. Maiko-san watches the Spring Maiko-odori dance... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1999

Japan. Kyoto. Maiko-san watches the Spring Maiko-odor dance in... 
Display 
Items per page