Tag: maiko

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  Geisha (芸者): What a Geisha Really Is (and Isn't)

  By K. Yama ·

  14 Jun, 2026

  Geisha means 'artist,' not what the West imagines. What geisha really do, how they differ from courtesans and from maiko, and why the first geisha were men.

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