Example Of A Geisha Research Paper

After the girl has finished her shikomi training by becoming proficient in all of the geisha classes and passing a dance exam. The passing of all of her classes and dance exams cause each of the individual girls to move to the secondary stage of training where she is relieved of her duties. Up until these exams the girls would have maid-like duties. The second stage of geisha training is called minarai. During this time of training, a full geisha chooses a geisha in training. During this time of training the geisha will refer to the young girl that she is training as “little sister”, just as the young geisha in training calls the geisha “big sister”. This secondary training is done in the field, but the geisha in training does not participate
in the advanced levels of interaction (The History and Culture of Japanese Geisha, 2008). The girl is supposed to be seen but not heard by the big sister’s patrons.