Links & Resources

Hakone Geisha Organisation After Koito-san paved the way more members of the Hanamachi are branching into cyberspace

Koito-san's webpage (contemporary Geisha) Japanese

Mail Magazine's Geisha Gallery Japanese

Ukiyo-e museum of Nagoya TV Possibly the best online Ukiyo-e Exhibit I've ever seen, Nagoya TV bought the print collection of Yijima and given is a selection of astounding and often very famous prints (Japanese and English)

Geisha and Maiko of Japan (Frantisek Staud's beautiful photographs)

Immortal Geisha Naomi's exquisite site, well researched and highly recommended

Geisha's Garden

Geisha: the Entertainment Arts (About.com's guide to Geisha, a links site)

Geisha of Japan Some poor HTML but some nice info, nothing new if you've read more than a couple of books though

Geisha and Maiko PhotoPostcards

The Shizuka Online Teahouse

Geisha

MAICA (a tourist site where you can pay to dress and be photographed as a Maiko)

Geisha ( a nicely written historical essay for a college class )

History of the Geisha (a book excerpt, my understanding is that this is the American title for Lesley Downer's book, if I am wrong please correct me)

Japan Corner - Benihana - Geisha (this site also has an excellent page on Kimono styles)

The Babelfish Translator (for translating Japanese pages)

Tale of Murasaki .com; Liza Dalby's site devoted to Heian Japan