geisha

Japanese female entertainers who wear elaborate hairstyles (known as nihongami), makeup and kimonos. They work as hostesses and provide varying forms of entertainment such as music, dance, games and conversation in order to entertain male customers.

Examples

Related tags

• Layered Kimono
• Nihongami (hairstyle)
• Susohiki

See also

• hostess - modern equivalent
• kanzashi
• oiran
• yuujo