Japan's First Western Geisha

Sayuki at her dressing table.

Sayuki primps for a banquet by applying thick white rice-powder paint and black eyeliner, a look that's reminiscent of 17th-century fashions.

Sayuki applies black eyeliner.

Sayuki dons several layers of lingerie that she wears beneath her kimono.

Sayuki wears shoes that are too small to make her feet look more petite.

Sayuki and fellow geisha Azuha head home from a banquet.