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Glossary Term
Geisha - Traditional Female Entertainers



-Geisha-

English Definition:
Traditional female entertainers who provide singing, dancing, conversation, games, and companionship to customers in certain restaurants.

The geisha system emerged around the mid-Edo period (1600-1868). By the 1700s the profession of geisha was associated with the government-licensed brothel quarters, or yūkaku.


 


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