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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 248937, member: 2844"]She is called geisha girl by the owner of the website, who probably doesn't mean any harm. But that doesn't mean that we have to perpetuate the term, if it is offensive to Japanese women.</p><p>I did see two lithophanes in her list that are probably of geishas, the others are Japanese women or girls who happened to be models for the lithophanes. Maybe they were workers in porcelain factories. There is no evidence any of these women were geisha girls.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 248937, member: 2844"]She is called geisha girl by the owner of the website, who probably doesn't mean any harm. But that doesn't mean that we have to perpetuate the term, if it is offensive to Japanese women. I did see two lithophanes in her list that are probably of geishas, the others are Japanese women or girls who happened to be models for the lithophanes. Maybe they were workers in porcelain factories. There is no evidence any of these women were geisha girls.[/QUOTE]
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