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             Several heroes married their Gion mistresses from Kyoto and took them to the
             capitol. Perhaps they influenced some of the policies in governmental circles.
             Changing laws lowered the status of ego and prostitutes and elevated the geisha
             Geisha had now become emblems of Japan. They appeared on postcards,
             beer advertisements. They provided local color, dancing in parades and appearing
             on tourism posters. The geisha quarters began to sponsor annual or semi-annual
             dances for the public to attend (31). Geisha had now evolved into colorful icons of
             In the decades before World War II, the influence of Hollywood was
             modernizing young Japan. Young women now danced the jitterbug, played tennis,
             drank beer, and cut their hair into short bobs. They also had new job opportunities:
             salesclerk, office worker, elevator girl or a cafe girl. Geisha were no longer fitting
             in contemporary Japan. they began to experiment with W
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