Every era, as well as every culture, follows a specific beauty paradigm. For instance, bright white teeth always were, and still are, a symbol of beauty

Ohaguro is the fading ancient practice of dyeing teeth black. The name means "black teeth" in Japanese. Nowadays, especially in Western countries, people want to achieve white and shiny teeth, with modernization, this aesthetic was adopted...

the geishas’ now obsolete custom of ohaguro; dyeing their teeth black. a maiko (geisha in training) would dye her teeth black before becoming a full fledged geisha as it was thought that black teeth emphasized the white in their skin and red in their lips.

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A woman dressed in junihitoe with blackened teeth.

An overview of the photographic work of John Paul Foster, with galleries on tayū, geisha, maiko, and the colors of Japan.

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