Japan: Portrait of a geisha, late 19th century

Geisha, Geiko or Geigi are traditional, female Japanese entertainers whose skills include performing various Japanese arts such as classical music and dance.

Geisha, like all Japanese nouns, has no distinct singular or plural variants. The word consists of two kanji, 芸 (gei) meaning'art' and 者 (sha) meaning 'person' or 'practitioner'. The most literal translation of geisha into English would be'performing artist'

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