KYOTO, Japan — On the quiet streets of Kyoto you will get a glimpse of them. Dressed in Kimono. The familiar white makeup. Walking quickly. That is the extent of what most people see of a geisha.

Eitaro, left and inset, who is Japan’s only male geisha, performs in the role as a female dancer and is the master of an ‘okiya,’ a geisha house in Tokyo’s Omori port district.

TOKYO – For an American film starring a Chinese actress in a Japanese role, “Memoirs of a Geisha” picked a tough town for its world premiere. The film version of the best-selling … ...

Inspired by Japanese street style, the Stance collection made its debut last week, accompanied by a series of Karman’s illustrations of a geisha-fied Rihanna in repose, wearing the socks from ...

WHEN YOU HEAR that Victoria Tsai based her four-year-old beauty company, Tatcha, on Japanese geisha practices, it's easy to assume: gimmick. But Ms. Tsai, 35, a Harvard Business School alum and ex ...

Misconceptions about geisha that stem from highly sensationalized stories from Western perspectives flatten the complex cultural artistry of the profession. Detail of a Katsura, a geisha wig ...

Troublesome travelers are harassing geisha in Kyoto, and overtourism is making the problem worse. ‘Geisha paparazzi’ are back in Kyoto – and the Japanese city is ready to take action Skip to ...

But the Japanese campaign for "Memoirs of a Geisha" is more lavish -- and on a much faster track -- than the U.S. version. For decades, a pic's international marketing followed the cues of the all ...