What does geisha mean?

Geisha is a female performing arts worker unique to Japan.

1, Geisha explanation

Geisha, is Japan's unique female performing arts workers. Geisha in contemporary Japan have a high social status and have formed a representative traditional culture. In addition to serving food and drink to guests, the work of the Japanese Geisha is mainly to entertain at banquets by dancing, singing and playing.

2. History of the Geisha Industry

Geisha is a Japanese performing arts profession that originated in Tokyo and Osaka in the 17th century. The original Geisha were all men who traveled outside of the Kyoto towns and were commonly known as Machi Kabuki, and made their living by performing dances and playing musical instruments in hotels and amusement parks.

In the mid-18th century, the profession of Geisha was gradually replaced by that of women, and the tradition has continued to this day.

Historically, Japan's geisha industry was once quite developed, with tens of thousands of people working in tens of thousands of geisha houses in Kyoto, the center of the industry. However, after World War II, the geisha industry declined and flourished again for a while after the economy recovered. However, with the bursting of the bubble economy and the decline of Japan's economy, the geisha industry fell into a slump again as business declined.

Famous Geisha

1. Izumo Aguni

Izumo Aguni is a famous female Kabuki performer, and is also recognized as the founder of Kabuki. Legend has it that Aguni was born in Matsue, Izumo, the daughter of the blacksmith Nakamura Miemon, a witch of the Izumo Grand Shrine. During the Bunroku period, Aguni led a group of witches on a tour of Japan to raise funds for the maintenance of Izumo Taisha Shrine, and became famous for her performances.

2. Kiharu Nakamura

Kiharu Nakamura (1913-2004) was a Japanese geisha born in Tokyo to an upper-class family, and her father was a famous local doctor. Kiharu Nakamura joined the geisha profession at the age of 15, despite family opposition, and retired in 1940 at the age of 27 to marry a diplomat. However, the two eventually divorced. She later married again, but also separated due to emotional discord.

Kiharu Nakamura returned to the geisha world after World War II, and in 1956 she moved to the United States, settling in New York City. In 1956, Nakamura moved to the United States and settled in New York City, where she taught Japanese culture at Princeton University and died in New York City in 2004 at the age of 90. Kiharu Nakamura has **** 10 books, including his autobiography Memoirs of a Geisha in Tokyo, released in 1983.