PROOF That There is NO Different ARE Kabuki from Geisha!

#Kabuki Are Typically A Male🧑‍🦱 #Performers,
Whereas #Geisha Are Typically Female👩‍🦱
Who #Train within an Okiya🏯 to Become
A #Natori (Master) in #Shodo OR Shūji
(#Caligraphy✒️) & #Serving Tea🍵 ;
Along with Various #SexualFavors🤫
(#Courteasans, MUCH Like #Escorts,
ARE HighlyEducated🎓 #Women Who
#Gain #PoliticalInfluence,

UNLIKE #Concubines Who Become
#Subservient to Bussinessmen).
In #Kyoto, Geisha are OFTEN Called #Geiko OR Geigi (Pronounced “gay-ko OR cage-jee").

HOWEVER, A #Maiko🤡 (#Shikomi in-Training)
OR #Tokyo Hangyoku is Typically UNDER 20
OR Those Who Usually #Cosplay🥻with More
Elborate #Makeup💄, #Wig, #Kimono👘 (Obi),
Shoes👡 & Accessories🪭!

https://www.thepinknews.com/2008/10/13/trans-woman-gains-acceptance-as-geisha-in-japan/

Most Traditional #GeishaRegistry Offices (Kenban) OFTEN REQUIRE A Person's Legal🪪Sex on their #FamilyRegister🪧 (Koseki) to be Female, Live & Train within an Okiya (#GeishaOnsen🏯).

If A #TransWoman #Legally Changes Their #Gender, They Would Technically Meet the Minimum Registry Requirements.
Yet There HAVE BEEN Numerous, Well
Documented Cases of #TransWomen,
MANY #Ladyboys & Even M2F OR Male-to-Female
#Crossdressers (Kabuki) Performing as Geisha,
SOMETIMES Officially Registered🪪 in an Okiya,
Especially in Recent Regional-Areas.