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I added some information about his international trips to Italy: "In 2018 and 2019, she performed in Rome, Italy, together with the Fukagawa Geisha, receiving compliments from the Embassy of Japan in Italy (in Rome) and the Consulate General of Japan (in Milan)." As can be seen from numerous online newspaper articles, for example in this Associated Press report: https://it.euronews.com/2018/09/13/arriva-a-roma-l-antica-arte-delle-geisha-giapponesi Tags: Reverted references removed Visual edit |
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In 2011, after being asked to leave the geisha community of Asakusa, Graham left to operate independently (against the Asakusa Geisha Association's regulations), though she continued to work as a geisha within the area, opening a [[kimono]] shop in Asakusa in the same year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jukushin.com/archives/7509|title=花柳界初 外国人芸者 紗幸 好きこそ物の上手なれ|work=jukushin.com|date=11 November 2011 |access-date=5 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="The Australian 2011">{{cite news|last=Wallace|first=Rick|date=6 June 2011|title=Aussie Geisha Fiona Graham rejects reports she's split with Asakusa Geisha Association|work=The Australian|publisher=News Limited|location=Australia|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/no-place-for-you-aussie-geisha-told/story-e6frg6nf-1226069744853|url-status=dead|access-date=29 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010105250/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/no-place-for-you-aussie-geisha-told/story-e6frg6nf-1226069744853|archive-date=10 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Wall Street Journal 2011">{{cite news|last=Novick|first=Anna|date=7 June 2011|title=Foreign Geisha's Future Uncertain|work=The Wall Street Journal: Japan Realtime|publisher=Dow Jones & Company|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2011/06/07/foreign-geishas-future-uncertain|access-date=14 July 2011}}</ref> In 2013, Graham was running an independent {{transliteration|ja|okiya}} in [[Yanaka, Tokyo|Yanaka]], Tokyo, with four apprentices. By 2021, Graham had permanent residency in Japan and was running an {{transliteration|ja|okiya}} in the [[Fukagawa, Tokyo|Fukagawa]] district of Tokyo with three apprentices.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |last1=Swan |first1=Scott |title=Get up close to the geishas of Japan and discover the history of this mysterious practice |url=https://www.wthr.com/article/sports/olympics/explore-japan-kyoto-geisha-tradition-up-close-history/531-bfc4f3d9-b707-47cd-a3c8-81d525f8f897 |access-date=March 8, 2021 |agency=WTHR |date=January 22, 2021}}</ref> Graham allowed tourists to come and watch the young geisha have their lessons.<ref name="Bissoux"/>
Graham travelled internationally to demonstrate the traditional arts employed by geisha, visiting the United Kingdom to perform at the Hyper Japan festival in 2013,<ref name="HyperJapan 2013">{{cite web |url= http://hyperjapan.co.uk/download/HJ2013/SayukiTheFirstWesternGeishaFINAL.pdf|title= Sayuki The First Western Geisha Appears at Hyper Japan 2013|year= 2013|work= Hyper Japan|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140422071954/http://hyperjapan.co.uk/download/HJ2013/SayukiTheFirstWesternGeishaFINAL.pdf|archive-date= 22 April 2014|access-date= 9 November 2015}}</ref> Dubai in the same year,<ref name="TheNational2013"/> and Brazil in 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lucas-Hall|first=Renae|title=Sayuki Ushers the Japanese Geisha into the 21st Century|url=http://cherryblossomstories.com/sayuki-ushers-the-japanese-geisha-into-the-21st-century/|newspaper=Renae Lucas-Hall| date=18 July 2016 }}</ref>
When the COVID-19 [[COVID-19 pandemic in Japan|pandemic hit Japan]] in 2020, Graham added online geisha banquets to the {{transliteration|ja|okiya}}'s repertoire of events.<ref>{{cite news |title=Entertainers Under the Pandemic - Where We Call Home - TV {{!}} NHK WORLD-JAPAN Live & Programs |url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/callhome/20200720/2087011/ |access-date=25 May 2021 |work=[[NHK World-Japan]] |date=20 July 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
Graham died in January 2023.<ref name="Obit" />
==Wanaka Gym court case==
In December 2010, Graham, the sole owner of The Wanaka Gym Ltd., a New Zealand company, faced penalties totaling NZ$64,000 and was also ordered to cover NZ$9,000 in costs due to a conviction related to an unsafe building utilized for tourist accommodation. The building had been declared "dangerous" in June 2008, but continued to house paying residents in the two months after.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Beech |first1=James |title=Gym owner fined $64,000 |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/queenstown-lakes/gym-owner-fined-64000 |website=Otago Daily Times |date=18 December 2010 |publisher=Allied Press Limited |access-date=30 November 2019}}</ref> After the conviction, Graham made a number of unsuccessful appeals, and a final leave to appeal by both Graham and the company was rejected in December 2014 by the Supreme Court of New Zealand.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/queenstown-lakes/wanaka-gym-ltd-appeal-dismissed|title=Wanaka Gym Ltd appeal dismissed|first=James|last=Beech|date=18 October 2012|website=Otago Daily Times Online News}}</ref><ref>"[https://www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/assets/cases/2014/sc84_2014_sc85_2014wanakagymltdgrahamvqueenstownldc.pdf The Wanaka Gym Limited v Queenstown Lakes District Council (2014) NZSC: Judgement of the Court.]" Archive:[https://web.archive.org/web/20210217042545/https://www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/assets/cases/2014/sc84_2014_sc85_2014wanakagymltdgrahamvqueenstownldc.pdf] (PDF).</ref>
==Books by Graham==
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* {{cite web |first=Dean |last=Irvine |title='A beautiful life': The Australian woman who became a geisha|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2015/02/01/travel/cnngo-travel-hokkaido-geisha/|work=CNN |date=2 February 2015}}
* [http://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20170528/422988766787/geishas-millennials.html "Geishas 'millennials'"], ''La Vanguardia'', 28 May 2017.
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