Edo Period Japan
Geisha are an artefact of their era
- Tokugawa shogunate
- Shinokosho - the 4 class system
- Kyushu and the foreign menace
- Treaty of Kanagawa and open Japan
The Floating World
The Floating World a life of pleasure and hedonism that drifted apart from every day life
- Establishing the pleasure quarters
- Tayuu and Oiran
- Origins of the geisha
Into the Modern Era
World War II and the Allied victory in the pacific would forever change geisha society
- Japan and the war effort
- Allied occupation
- Industrialisation and Japan
Personal service today
Paid personalised service has a long tradition that extends into modern day Japan
- Kyabakura
- Host clubs
- Maid/Cosplay cafes
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