The women’s role in Memoirs of a Geisha differs very much from women’s roles here in America because, a Geisha is known as very successful in Japan and young girls look up to them. Geishas visit from teahouse to teahouse where there are a couple of men in attendance along with the director. When the Geishas arrive they tell stories, perform dances, and pour tea and sake for the men. Geishas are known as beautiful, wearing long kimonos, and their makeup starts with a lead based white pant covering their face and neck, so that the main things that stand out to men are their bright red lips and in Chiyo’s case her unusual pale blue-gray eyes.
Geishas training are known to be cruel and very long, they attend a school at their young ages which teach them how to pour tea or sake correctly, they learn how to play the shamsien, learn the beats to music so that they can dance along and follow the pattern of rhythm. After completing their schooling Geishas usually look to find a “big sister” or a successful geisha who has a lot of experience. That will take them in and teach them all the basics, like how to put on their makeup, how to correctly wear their kimonos, how to flaunt themselves and show themselves off towards men. When the big sister decides that the time is right, and her little sister is ready, she will take her along to teahouses and while be named an “apprentice geisha” or known as a “novice geisha”.
If we had this in America, citizens would frown upon it. We value children much higher than other countries do; Parents wouldn’t put their children through grueling school hours to teach them how to dance and pour tea when they are higher paying and more respectable jobs in America.
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