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On this Wikipedia the language links are geisha oysters the top of the page across from the article title. This article is about geisha, the traditional Japanese female entertainers and hostesses. For the insurance company, see GEICO.

A profile view of a geisha sat kneeling. She wears a black formal kimono, a gold belt, a traditionally styled wig and white make-up with red lips and accents. The arts that geisha perform are considered highly developed and, in some cases, unique throughout Japan to the world of geisha. Two young women in kimono stood at a street corner at night. A young apprentice geisha stood outside a traditional Japanese building. Her yellow kimono’s sleeves are shorter than a maiko’s, and she wears more hair accessories than a maiko would.

A number of terms are used to describe the profession and community that geisha both live and work in. A regional term for geisha with a slightly different meaning. Western Japan, including Kyoto and Kanazawa. This term directly translates as “woman of art”, and is part of the Kyoto dialect spoken by geisha in Kyoto and Western Japan. Literally “artist”, “performing artist” or “artisan”. A traditional female hostess, entertainer and performing artist. Gion Kobu and Gion Higashi, Ponto-chō, Miyagawa-chō and Kamishichiken.

The district where a geisha works, is affiliated, and potentially lives. A term for apprentice geisha in some regions of Japan such as Tokyo. The community or society that geisha inhabit. The most common term for an apprentice geisha, translating to “woman of dance”. A euphemistic term used to describe the entertainment and red-light districts in Japan, including the worlds of kabuki actors and geisha. A term for a geisha’s engagements, which may take part or the whole of an evening.

794, aspects of now-traditional Japanese art forms and aesthetic ideals began to develop, which would later contribute to the conditions under which the geisha profession emerged. Imperial court, creating the traditions of female dance and performance that would later lead to both the development of geisha and kabuki actors. During the Heian period, ideals surrounding relationships with women, sexual or otherwise, did not emphasise fidelity, with marriage within the Heian court considered a relatively casual arrangement. 16th century, with the shogunate designating prostitution illegal to practice outside of these “pleasure quarters” in 1617.