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Being curious and nitpicky, does Nijika actually resemble a geisha? The make-up looks way off to me, more like a kabuki-player's (although I admit knowing zilch about Asian makeup customs). Or was she called a geisha in the script? [[User:Geewunling|Geewunling]] 16:09, 6 November 2009 (EST) | Being curious and nitpicky, does Nijika actually resemble a geisha? The make-up looks way off to me, more like a kabuki-player's (although I admit knowing zilch about Asian makeup customs). Or was she called a geisha in the script? [[User:Geewunling|Geewunling]] 16:09, 6 November 2009 (EST) | ||
:Hard to say. Kabuki actors can have fully white faces, with red paint to represent them as the protagonists while purple paint as antagonists depending on the story, IIRC. (Coincidence? You decide.) Geisha usually paint their faces entirely white. --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 17:46, 6 November 2009 (EST) | :Hard to say. Kabuki actors can have fully white faces, with red paint to represent them as the protagonists while purple paint as antagonists depending on the story, IIRC. (Coincidence? You decide.) Geisha usually paint their faces entirely white. --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 17:46, 6 November 2009 (EST) | ||
:That, and the make-up should also cover the neck with a focus on the back of it, far as I know, which Nijika's make-up doesn't. So, I end up thinking she doesn't resemble a geisha at all, since Asian-looking women in Asian garb with make-up on her face does not automatically equal geisha. [[User:Geewunling|Geewunling]] 01:53, 7 November 2009 (EST) | |||
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Geisha?
Being curious and nitpicky, does Nijika actually resemble a geisha? The make-up looks way off to me, more like a kabuki-player's (although I admit knowing zilch about Asian makeup customs). Or was she called a geisha in the script? Geewunling 16:09, 6 November 2009 (EST)
- Hard to say. Kabuki actors can have fully white faces, with red paint to represent them as the protagonists while purple paint as antagonists depending on the story, IIRC. (Coincidence? You decide.) Geisha usually paint their faces entirely white. --Lonegamer78 17:46, 6 November 2009 (EST)
- That, and the make-up should also cover the neck with a focus on the back of it, far as I know, which Nijika's make-up doesn't. So, I end up thinking she doesn't resemble a geisha at all, since Asian-looking women in Asian garb with make-up on her face does not automatically equal geisha. Geewunling 01:53, 7 November 2009 (EST)
