Contributor biographical information for A geisha's journey : my life as a Kyoto apprentice / photographs by Naoyuki Ogino ; text by Komomo ; translated by Gearoid Reidy and Philip Price.
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NAOYUKI OGINO grew up in Tokyo, where he was born, and in Mexico. In 2006, he quit his job at Japans largest ad agency to pursue his career as a professional photographer. He has held a number of exhibitions in Mexico, Tokyo and many other Japanese cities.
KOMOMO grew up in Japan, Mexico and China before becoming a geisha's apprentice - or maiko in 2000. She became a full-fledged geiko, as geisha are known in Kyoto in 2005.
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Komomo -- Pictorial works.
Geishas -- Japan -- Kyoto -- Pictorial works.
Geishas -- Japan -- Kyoto -- Biography -- Pictorial works.