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A masked actor on stage in a Japanese Noh theater performance at the Sanja Matsuri (Festival of Asakusa Shrine) in Tokyo, Japan.

Two tourists visiting a Japanese shrine for a kimono experience while on vacation in Japan

Kyoto, Japan - October 22, 2023: Man walks in a traditional bright costume at Jidai Matsuri (japanese for Festival of the Ages) at the Imperial Palace park

Young female tourist visiting Kyoto and experiencing Maiko (Geisha in training) makeover. Wearing traditional Japanese 'Maiko' style kimono with special white face makeup and walking around beautiful Gion district in Kyoto, Japan.

Kyoto, Japan - April 05, 2023 - Maiko, a young trainee Japanese geisha demonstrating slow-moving traditional dance in Kyoto, one of the last strongholds of geisha culture in Japan. Maiko are trained for around five years by their okiya mother and a more senior geiko.

$Tokyo, Japan-April 13, 2019:\nOirans' stage performance, entertaining their guest (a man on the left-hand corner), on one of the streets in Asakusa, Tokyo. The woman with very elaborate kimono is Tayu, the highest-ranked Oiran.\nOiran was a profession which flourished during Edo period (1600-1868) of Japan and was one of the popular figures in the woodblock prints. Although it has since died out, the Oiran tradition has survived even up to today in the form of parade and local entertainment in some parts of Japan. Oiran was, if I put in a nutshell, high class Geisha girls of those days. Yoshiwara near Asakusa was one of such most famous places and the parade and stage performance have been taking place on the second Saturday of April each year, attracting a huge crowd.\nThe highest-ranked Oiran was called Tayu, who wear very elaborate silk kimono weighing about 20 kilograms. She wears about 15 cm high Geta (clogs) and walks in a special style called Soto-Hachi-Monji (outside 8 letter), as if she is drawing letter “8” by her feet, placing her hand on the shoulder of an accompanying man to keep her balance.$

tokyo, yotsuya - jan 05 2023: Japanese hikeshi firefighters supporting with sticks a bamboo ladder at the top of which a man performs acrobatics during the traditional Hashigo-nori show at Suga shrine

Meiji Restoration Era, Restoration King Parade in the Jidai Matsuri ( Festival of the Ages ), one of Kyoto three major festivals. People parade in the streets wearing ancient costumes.

$Japan - Kyoto - Gion district - Maiko going at work\n\nA maiko is an apprentice geisha in Kyoto. Their jobs consist of performing songs, dances, and playing the shamisen or other traditional Japanese instruments for visitors during banquets and parties, known as ozashiki.\n\nHere you can see two Maiko ( apprentice geisha) in Kyoto who are walking in the street, make up and dressed, for work \n\n08.07.2023$

Kyoto, Japan - March 20, 2016 - Young Japanese geisha woman demonstrating slow-moving dance moves at the Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto's Gion District, an area famous for traditional arts and culture preservation.

Solo trip woman in Kimono / Hakama walking in traditional Japanese town - side view

Japanese couple in traditional costumes are sitting on the knees

Maiko debut at Miyako Odori, Kyoto Gion's public show.

Kyoto, Japan - October 22, 2023: Two men walking in traditional costumes at Jidai Matsuri (japanese for Festival of the Ages) at the Imperial Palace park

A Japanese woman in Maiko’s costume and hairstyle is standing/posing in the courtyard of Geisha House in Miyakawa-cho, Gion, Kyoto. She wears traditional long-sleeved kimono with long dangling sash and her hair is elaborately decorated with seasonal flower-featured hairpins.

People perform in traditional costumes, preparing for Yabusame (horseback archery) at the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Reitaisai Festival in Kamakura.

Geishas greeting each other with a bow - Japanese culture concepts

Female tourists in Kimono / Hakama riding ‘Jinkirisha’ rickshaw in traditional Japanese town

Kyoto, Japan - October 22, 2012: Geisha dressed up asTomoe Gozen at the Jidai Matsuri festival . Also called the Festival of Ages it is a traditional festival celebrated every 22 of October since 1895 to conmemorate the anniversary of the foundation of Kyoto. It is a large parade with over two thousand people dressed in accurate costumes of the japanese history that spans 1100 years when Kyoto was Japan capital and also represents well important historic figures of the past. The parade goes from the Imperial Palace to the Heian Shrine. Tomoe Gozen is one of the few women samurais or onna bugueisha that existed known for her bravery. She fought on the Genpei wars in the XII century. Geishas and maikos take an important role in the festival when they dress up and take the role of important characters of the past.

Kyoto, Japan - October 22, 2023: Man dressed in historical costume walks towards the main venue of Jidai Matsuri (japanese for Festival of the Ages) at the Imperial Palace park

A Japanese woman in Maiko’s costume and hairstyle is resting on the bench in the courtyard of Geisha House in Miyakawa-cho, Gion, Kyoto. She wears traditional long-sleeved kimono with long dangling sash and her hair is elaborately decorated with seasonal flower-featured hairpins.

Young Japanese woman, with hair ornament, in flower-patterned kimono, dancing Japanese traditional dance in Japanese room

Japanese Teenager Fighting with an adult man.

Japanese Maiko (Geisha in training) walking down steps in Gion, Kyoto

Tokyo, Japan, July 16, 2016: Poster announcing a Kabuki theater show in Tokyo.

Three Japanese women in traditional kimonos walking in Edo period town.

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