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Japanese courtesan andgeisha district.
Etymologies
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Examples
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While her older sister is sold into prostitution, 9-year-old Chiyo is put to work as a servant in a geisha house in the hanamachi (geisha district).
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While her older sister is sold into prostitution, 9-year-old Chiyo is put to work as a servant in a geisha house in the hanamachi (geisha district).
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While her older sister is sold into prostitution, 9-year-old Chiyo is put to work as a servant in a geisha house in the hanamachi (geisha district).
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While her older sister is sold into prostitution, 9-year-old Chiyo is put to work as a servant in a geisha house in the hanamachi (geisha district).
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Miyagawachō (宮川町) is one of the hanamachi (花街, flower towns) or geisha districts in Kyoto.
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Miyagawachō (宮川町) is one of the hanamachi (花街, flower towns) or geisha districts in Kyoto.
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Miyagawachō (宮川町) is one of the hanamachi (花街, flower towns) or geisha districts in Kyoto.
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Miyagawachō (宮川町) is one of the hanamachi (花街, flower towns) or geisha districts in Kyoto.
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I've read some other books on geisha, like Liza Dalby's Geisha, or Geisha of Gion by Mineko Iwasaki, but it was interesting to get a modern look at the hanamachi (geisha district) through the eyes of a
dailyword commented on the word hanamachi
Pumpkin used this word in "Memoris Of A Geshia."
June 19, 2012