Young Dragon Girl

Tattoo woman Dragon Finished colors

Japanese geisha

Koy backpiece Harizanmai tattoo studio - Kyoto

Dragon backpiece Tattoo by Gotch-Harizanmai Kyoto

Tattoo by Gotch-Harizanmai Kyoto

Tattooed Sunshine

Rachel, Geisha-inspired

Geisha
Japanese Geisha.

Geisha
Remember Chiyo, Geisha are not courtesans, and we’re not wives. We sell our skills, not our bodies. We create another secret world, a place only of beauty. The very word Geisha means artist, and to be a Geisha is to be judged as a moving work of art….We don’t become Geisha to pursue our own destinies.

Meika & Geisha
Gion Corner, Kyoto, where the Maiko and Geisha emerge around 6PM every night. I was told to thank them with “Okini Deshue” when they stopped to allow them to be photographed.. upon which most of them smiled, half-bowed, and walked on.