#tekomai

In a 2020 interview with Okiya Okami Noboru のぼる from Omori, it was mentioned a hand full of Geisha still worked in Araki-cho. In 2022, a Geisha from Akasaka retired to work in Araki-cho, the district having an atmosphere similar to Kagurazaka. Her new geimei is Fumie ふみ枝 and she is the only 21st century Geisha of this district I've ever seen. The top 2 pictures seem to be from the 1950's-60's, a period when interest in (and affordability of) Geisha reached it's after war peak. No infos on the Odori program page. The fourth picture with the Tekomai Geisha seems to have been taken before the war. Images source https://www4.hp-ez.com/hp/428ma3-2/page24 Text sources https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2019/08/arakicho-district-shinjuku-tsunokami.html https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8D%92%E6%9C%A8%E7%94%BA_(%E6%96%B0%E5%AE%BF%E5%8C%BA) https://www4.hp-ez.com/hp/428ma3-2/page24 https://www.instagram.com/fumi.tokyo/ https://getnavi.jp/life/506081/

  This is hairstyle used by geisha, during festivals such as Jidai Matsuri, where a geisha is asked to dress as a male parishioner. The front of the style mimics the way young men use to cut their bangs distributing hair from the center part.