Maiko customarily visit dressing rooms on the occasion of a kaomise performance (traditional kabuki performance in Kyoto) and asks her favorite actor to sign the 'maneki' of her kanzashi.
顔見世公演の際に楽屋を訪ね贔屓の役者に簪の「まねき」に名前を入れてもらうという慣わしがある。