Oshiroi

Oshiroi on the neck

Oshiroi (白粉) is the powder used for skin whitening, mostly by kabuki actors and geisha, along with their maiko apprentices..

"白粉" literally means "white powder", while the pronunciation oshiroi means "white" (shiroi) with the honorific prefix o-.

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