Act Two: Okome. Okome is the Japanese word for rice (before it is cooked). The geiko Mariko, dancing as a Shinto priestess for a plentiful harvest of rice in early spring. In January, maiko wear a stalk of rice in their hair to celebrate the new year.
Act Three: Shidarezakura. Shidare zakura (from sakura), or weeping cherry. Before the famous weeping cherries of Maruyama Koen, near Yasaka Shrine, an elder geiko awaits her true love until she is discovered by her younger sister .
Uh oh! She recollectin' ya'll! Reading an unusually long rabureta (love letter) in the absence of her beloved.
I know that correspondence is often recommended to encourage affection, but this is ridiculous sis!
Don't make me...
I love the beautiful bend of their hands, so limber and graceful. It reminds me of the Apsara dance of Cambodia...
