Sayuri the Geisha

I saw Memiors of a Geisha a few days ago and I LOVED IT!!! I loved the book too. I'm a HUGE fan of Geisha and Maiko and find their flower and willow world beautiful and enchanting.

I love their motto, "we sell art not bodies" many people think geisha are high class whores but their not. yes some took on lovers but hey, a working girl can love too. and why should men be the only players in the world? :3

this portriit is of the main charatcer of the movie, Chiyo. Her real name is Chiyo but her Geisha name is Sayuri, when a girl becomes a Maiko OR Geisha she gets a new name. Like a pen name.

you know the gei in geisha means artist and in a way all artists art geisha. we both share the common love of our art and our perfection of it.

note: the kanji on the side says 'Geisha"