Maiko

Medium: Digital Photography
Location: Kyoto, Japan  (click image to enlarge image)

About the artwork;

The lovely Kikuya, a “maiko” (young geisha) and truly the embodiment of the ancient art.  Geisha means “artisan”.  A living, breathing, changing, serving, elegant artist.  Gion district in Kyoto is home to the largest concentration of Geisha in Japan.