is there such a thing as a male geisha?...i know this might sound like a stupid question..but i have an idea for a story consiting with a male geisha and a kate bush song..

weepingwall said:

Can I play the geisha?

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

sure...do you mind a secret homosexual romance with a samurai?
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weepingwall said:

Fuck the secret, put that shit on TV and the movietheaters

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

okay then you'll be known as Sakura (cherry blossom)

weepingwall said:

Imago needs to Geisha up this picture!!!


[Edited 6/8/06 17:06pm]

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

this weird..the same description i wrote down earlier in my notebook at school is identical to you....scary..

I want a male geisha too

ZombieKitten said:

do you want my current male geisha "sakura"..you can play the male samurai..

weepingwall said:

wanna play?! I love the way you look in drag so it won't be so hard for me to accept you in the role:

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

of course! I love green tea!

ZombieKitten said:

my story is coming out good...oh i can't wait for the sex scene..lol..

weepingwall said:

Never heard of one

No. Geishas and maikos are strictly women. The whole geisha culture is a very strict tradition of women serving and entertaining men, so unless there's some male geisha sub-culture going on there now (which I wouldn't doubt actually) it's definitely a female thing.

minneapolisgenius said:

damn! I would really really like a male one to come and entertain me with delightful conversation, a little dance and tea ceremony

ZombieKitten said:

Well, you can pay big money for that actually. Now that I think about it, I read an article once about a relatively newer scene in Japan where super-rich women go to these brothel-type private clubs that are full of young male prostitutes. Most go just for the attention, and to have the men entertain them with conversation and $1,000 bottles of wine (that the women pay for), but a lot of the time it leads to sex of course.

These women are almost all married, but their relationships are sexless and well, quite frankly, horrible sounding.

minneapolisgenius said:

I have no complaints about my marriage or the sex, but some ripping conversation and attention would not go astray, and some eye-candy too

ZombieKitten said:

I don't want to have to pay for it though.

minneapolisgenius said:

good point! I have no money

weepingwall said:

not as the term 'geisha' (arts-person) is defined. that's specifically a japanese phenomenon. in japan there are male escorts but none who are elevated to the level of 'geisha' today.

addition: there used to be male geishas:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geisha
Geisha originated as skilled professional entertainers; originally most were male. While various ranks of professional courtesans provided sexual entertainment, geisha used their skills in traditional Japanese arts, music, dance, and storytelling. Town (machi) geisha worked freelance at parties outside the various pleasure quarters, while quarter (kuruwa) geisha entertained at parties within the pleasure quarters. As the artistic skills of high-ranking courtesans declined, the skills of the geisha, who were both male and female, became more in demand.

Male geisha (sometimes known as hōkan) gradually began to decline, and by 1800 female geisha (originally known as onna geisha, literally woman geisha) outnumbered them by three to one, and the term "geisha" came to be understood as referring to skilled female entertainers, as it does today.

Traditionally, geisha began their training at a very young age. Some girls were sold to geisha houses as children, and began their training in various traditional arts almost immediately.

During their childhood, geisha sometimes worked first as maids or assistants to experienced geisha, and then as apprentice geisha (maiko) during their training. This tradition of training exists as well in other traditions in Japan, when a student lives at the home, starting out doing housework and assisting the master, and eventually himself or herself becoming a master.
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ZombieKitten said: