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<p>[QUOTE="glassluv, post: 11285224, member: 86332"]I'm sorry that has upset you. I imagine the term has been overused when selling an item to make it more interesting. Rest assured, not all people born in the US assume that all traditionally dressed Japanese women are geisha.</p><p>Now that you have mentioned it though, she does have that geisha hairstyle. If the box was made for tourist or export, why not portray the popular, glamours, geisha?</p><p>A better question might be, what makes this woman not a geisha?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="glassluv, post: 11285224, member: 86332"]I'm sorry that has upset you. I imagine the term has been overused when selling an item to make it more interesting. Rest assured, not all people born in the US assume that all traditionally dressed Japanese women are geisha. Now that you have mentioned it though, she does have that geisha hairstyle. If the box was made for tourist or export, why not portray the popular, glamours, geisha? A better question might be, what makes this woman not a geisha?[/QUOTE]
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