Category talk:Maiko henshin
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Some clues
[edit]Identifying real from henshin can be easy or hard depending on the level of service. Here is a non-exhaustive list of clues that someone is a henshin, not the real deal.
- any other ethnicity than East Asian
- untidy hair or wearing a wig
- less than perfect (bright, new, clean) accessories such as kanzashi, tabi, hair ties, etc.
- worn or untidy make-up
- having time to wander about, pose with a paper umbrella in a park, and so on
- ill-fitting tailoring on shoulders
- incorrect seasonality
- incorrectly matched rank/seniority signs
- especially fully rouged lips with a profusion of flower kanzashi
- incorrect kitsuke
- incorrect make-up
- especially wrong shade of rouge
- incorrect mannerisms