11 Season
323 Episode
Japanology Plus - Season 1 Episode 30 Geisha (2024)
A private banquet in the company of geisha is considered the ultimate in elegant hospitality. A common misconception is that geisha are courtesans; in reality, they are skilled practitioners of traditional performing arts. At one time, there were 80,000 of them working in Japan, but only about 1,000 remain today. Our expert guest Kenji Watanabe, a scholar of early modern Japanese literature, will guide us into the real world of geisha. And in Plus One, playing party games with geisha!
- Country : Japan
- Genre : Documentary, Talk
- Studio : NHK WORLD-JAPAN
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- Cast : Peter Barakan, Emma Howard
