#teruha

[love1kimono]

Famous Geisha Teruha

[maigeiko]

HiiI! It's me again, I ask you a lot of questions. I recently stumbled upon a geisha who has an interesting story. I read her wikipedia page however... That didn't cover enough for me. In r/Geisha I found some information that she has an autobiography? Could you mabye give me a better insight of who she was? Her name is Chishō Takaoka! ^^

Hello again, Anon o/ Japanese Wikipedia has a full list of her five autobiographies. I doubt any of those were translated to English, but if you can read Japanese (opposed to me), it shouldn't be a problem for you! 『照葉懺悔』 1928 『照葉始末書』 1929 『黒髪懺悔』 1934 『祗王寺日記』 1973 『花喰鳥―京都祇王寺庵主自伝』 1984 『つゆ草日記―嵯峨野 祇王寺庵主自伝』 1992

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[dummy-kanji]

Geigi Teruha - Flower Raft Kimono 1913 por Blue Ruin 1 Por Flickr: Geigi (geisha) Teruha of the Shinbashi geisha district in Tokyo, wearing a kimono with a hana-ikada (flower raft) motif.

[taisakuraokiya-blog]

กันยายน 2561: ฮังกโยขุ Teruha, เกโกะ Kogiku, เกโกะ Naruka, และเกโกะ Nanosuke จากเขต Hachiouji ของจังหวัด Tokyo ในงาน Koyasu Jinja Reitaisai Hounou Buyou Matsuri (子安神社例大祭奉納舞踊祭)

เกอิชาฝึกหัดจะถูกเรียกว่าไมโกะ (舞妓: Maiko) ในเกียวโต ซึ่งแปลว่าเด็กร่ายรำ ส่วนในแถบโตเกียวจะเรียกว่าฮังกโยขุ (半玉: Hangyoku) ซึ่งแปลว่าอัญมณีครึ่งซีก

Source: @jp_kanrikan on Twitter

[aboji-aboji]

2018　てる葉　Teruha　八王子芸妓　半玉さん　Child geisha　Hachioji

[geisha-kai]

“Every time I look back over my past, I’m seized with a sense of hatred and disgust. There were so many times when I gave myself over to sexual desire, was drunk with liqueur, and led a wild and arrogant life.”

Elegy of the shining leaf, 9-fingered geisha Teruha

[love1kimono]

Geisha Teruha

She was born in Osaka in 1896. Her real name was Tatsuko Takaoka. It is unclear how, or under what circumstances she made her way to Tokyo, but at the age of 13, after a brief training period, she became a Shimbashi Tokyo Geisha, and took the name Teruha, (Ter-rue-ha), which means "Shining Leaf".

[love1kimono]

Swallows and Butterflies 1913

Geigi (geisha) Teruha of the Shinbashi geisha district in Tokyo, wearing a kimono with a Late Spring (April) motif of swallows and large (silver?) butterflies. Swallows represent meekness, gentleness, sweetness and grace, while butterflies represent innocence and beauty.