The shikomi is now a maiko, meaning “dancing child” (“Geisha” New World Encyclopedia par. 5). Her okiya will now begin to collect the items that the new maiko will need in her years of training (Lockard 8). Lauren Lockard stated, “This includes a set of kimonos (including one for each of the four seasons), underwear, kanzashi [hair ornaments], accessories, tabi [socks with a separate big toe for sandal wearing], a hand mirror, and an ozashiki-kago [handbag].”

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The shikomi is now a maiko, meaning “dancing child” (“Geisha” New World Encyclopedia par. 5). Her okiya will now begin to collect the items that the new maiko will need in her years of training (Lockard 8). Lauren Lockard stated, “This includes a set of kimonos (including one for each of the four seasons), underwear, kanzashi [hair ornaments], accessories, tabi [socks with a separate big toe for sandal wearing], a hand mirror, and an ozashiki-kago [handbag].” 

This direct quote contains many foreign words. To define them, I enclosed the definition is brackets. Is this correct? 



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