Geisha have long been a source of fascination for people all over the world, but much of that fascination has become muddied with misconceptions and stereotypes. In America in particular, cheap novelty costumes and the truly terrible Memoirs of a Geisha have built up this image of geisha as high-class sex workers, which they are absolutely not. Thankfully, we have such productions as Kiyo in Kyoto: From the Maiko House working to counter to this image.