#tsuneyuu

November 2017: A backstage-photo of the performers at the Gion Odori, dressed for the final scene.

First row: Maiko Fumine (Okatome Okiya), Maiko Ryōma (Sakaeamasa Okiya), Maiko Masano (Man Okiya), Maiko Kanohiro (Kanoya Okiya), Maiko Tomitsuyu (Tomikiku Okiya), Maiko Hinayū (Okatome Okiya) and Maiko Kanotomo (Kanoya Okiya).

Second row: Geiko Tomitae (Tomikiku Okiya), Geiko Ryōka (Sakaemasa Okiya), Geiko Tsunekazu (Shigenoya Okiya), Geiko Tsuneyū (Shigenoya Okiya), Geiko Hinagiku (Okatome Okiya), Geiko Miharu (Okatome Okiya) and Geiko Masaki (Man Okiya).

Third row: Geiko Miyako (Kanoya Okiya), Geiko Tsunemomo (Shigenoya Okiya), Geiko Toyohisa (Sakaemasa Okiya), Geiko Mariko (Okatome Okiya) and Geiko Masami (Man Okiya).

Geiko Fumie (Sakaemasa Okiya), Geiko Kanowaka (Kanoya Okiya) and Maiko Tomichie (Tomikiku Okiya) are not in the picture.

Thank you so much, I think that is one of the sweetest things I’ve been told by now!

I really try to post three or four pictures every day, but sometimes I’m just busy or I don’t find any pictures that I’d want to post, so don’t be surprised if I don’t post every once in a while.

Yes, Tsuneyū is still active, although pictures of her are pretty rare. The last time I saw her was in a behind the scenes photo from the Gion Odori.

As with most “older” Geiko, photos of her are rare. In addition to this, Gion Higashi as a district is often overlooked because it’s so small, but also has the least amount of prestige of the five hanamachi of Kyoto, so there are generally less pictures of Gion Higashi’s Geimaiko.

Tsuneyū really is a stunning beauty and is famous for being an extraordinary dancer. She is a wonderful dancer and receives one of the ead roles a the Gion Odori pretty much every year.

By the way, she had her misedashi in 1982 and her erikae in 1987, would you have guessed? I thought that she was in her early thirties ^^!

The lives of maiko from Kamishichiken district.

Tsuneyuu:

Sorry  if this post seems "empty" but I think, and I hope, that you understand.

Tsuneyuu start her geisha life on the 1982, the date and the month of her misedashi are unknow, in the Shigenoya okiya in Gion Higashi. Her pretty name means "Everlasting courage". Her One-san is probably the geiko Tsunekazu.

I don't have any information of her maiko life with the expection that she was the most famous maiko in Gion Higashi on her maiko time and her okiya sister on this time is the retired maiko Tsunemaru and the retired maiko Tsuneko. None of Tsunemaru and Tsuneko are became geiko.

She become geiko in 1987, the date and the month are unknow also. She have for a little sister the now famous geiko Tsunemomo and the retired geiko Tsunesono. She is very famous but the picture on she are very rare. The picture in top are taken during Gion Odori or Miyako Odori where she have a very important role if it isn't the principal. On the last year she opened a bar in Gion Higashi, so if you go in Kyoto you can search the "Tsuneyuu bar" but I think it's "select".

Tsuneyuu seems to have in the very good step on her geiko career, we can wish the best for her! :)

So I hope this post don't look empty but it's all of the informations I have on she.