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3.4.5.4 Kikuya
The first woman to use the term geisha was Kikuya Downer: 1983: 89. She was a prostitute who had became famous for her dancing and
shamisen playing. She decided to become an entertainer. At the same time, because of her, it was became fashionable to host parties where dancing
girls were performed. Kikuya was one of these dancers, who along with tea brewing woman, and drum players took on the name geisha.
3.4.5.5 Districts of Geisha
There are a lot districts of Geisha that the geisha generally lives there. They lived on a small house just like the cottage in some residential.
The writer mentions where to find a geisha and their living place based on the Memoirs of a Geisha.
3.4.5.5.1 Geisha Districts and Geisha House O-Chaya
The districts where many Geisha girls and women gathered were called hanamachi kagai. Some hanamachi were developed
near temples and shrines where many o-chaya located. Geisha used to entertain visitors at o-chaya. The o-chaya was a sort of banquet
house, which rented rooms for dinner parties. An o-chaya is usually a small Japanese-style house with wooden doors and tatami floors or
Japanese-style gardens. Some o-chaya also train geisha and aone of place where yoi checked a lot. Those o-chayas are also called okiya.
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3.4.4.5.2 The Gion Geiko Districts Hanamachi of Kyoto Japan
Modern Geisha still lived in traditional Geisha houses called okiya in areas called hanamachi flower towns, particularly
during their apprenticeship. Many experienced Geisha were successful enough to choose to live independently. The elegant,
high-culture world that Geisha were a part of is called karyūkai the
flower and willow world. Young women who wished to become Geisha now most
often began their training after completing junior high school or even high school or college, with many women beginning their careers in
adulthood. Geisha still studied traditional instruments like shamisen, shakuhachi bamboo flute, and drums, as well as traditional songs,
Japanese traditional dance, tea ceremony, literature and poetry. By watching other geisha, and with the assistance of the owner of the
geisha house, apprentices also became skilled in the complex traditions surrounding, selecting, wearing kimono, and in dealing
with clients.
3.4.4.5.3. A Geisha Entertaining her Guest in Gion Kyoto
Geisha were often hired to attend parties and gatherings, traditionally at tea houses o-chaya or at traditional Japanese restaurants
ryōtei. Their time was measured by the time it takes an incense stick to
burn, and was called senkōdai incense stick fee or gyokudai jewel
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were preferred office kenban, which keeps each geishas schedule and mad her appointments both for entertaining and training.
3.4.6. Geisha
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