Kaomise Soken at Kyoto Kagai sim

Yesterday Kyoto Kagai sim held Kaomise Soken at Miyagawacho Kaburejo theater. Starting from this year it will be an annual (same as in RL) event, that will take place in the beginning of December.
Kaomise Soken is the main theater event gathering a huge number of famous actors. 

Maiko and Geiko go to attend the performance and after they get the name of their favorite actors written on their kanzashi. Now, this is the reason why maiko san, both junior and senior, have these blank makeki boards. After the play, they go behind the stage and have these boards signed by their favorite kabuki actors - black ink is used by the actors who perform male roles and red ink by those who perform as onnagata (female roles). So, before the play maiko san wear blank maneki on the hanakanzashi and after the event they proudly wear the signed ones.

Some geiko have maezashi in a form of a small maneki board therefore they can get an autograph as well :)

from left to right:
Geiko Toshiha (Komayaka okiya), Geiko Kikutsuru (Hanafusa okiya),Geiko Kikumaru (Hanafusa okiya), Geiko Kikune (Hanafusa okiya), Maiko Kikushino (Hanafusa okiya), Maiko Toshimomo (Komayaka okiya), Maiko Toshiryuu (Komayaka okiya), Maiko Kikuyae (Hanafusa okiya)