Meet the mistress of Nara’s last geisha house — a remarkable woman who’s on a mission to keep this complex tradition alive in her ancient city, a former capital of Japan.

Young girls who aspired to become geishas started ... While the number of practicing geishas has declined sharply, ...

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Geisha apprentices show various aspects of the traditional performers for YouTube posts. (Video by Takumi Okada) Kikue, right, and Kikunami perform during a live stream on May 13 in Nara.

Matsuchiyo Life of a Geisha is a documentary about one of the ... surviving members of the family Matsuchiyo joins an Okiya a traditional geisha agency to pay the family debts and support her ...