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Traditionally patronized by the rich, maiko at establishment houses charge $400 to $600 an hour[وصلة مكسورة] (This was the half-jewel fee.)
[Before 1796] kuruwa geisha referred to the geisha in the geisha quarters who entertained their clients with the skills and performing arts and also offered their bodies. The term yūjo and jorō were used to distinguish them from machi geisha, who were exclusively entertainers [...] some of the latter too engaged in sexual services
{{استشهاد بكتاب}}: الوسيط author-name-list parameters تكرر أكثر من مرة (مساعدة){{استشهاد بكتاب}}: الوسيط |مؤلف1-الأول= يفتقد |مؤلف1-الأخير= (help)صيانة الاستشهاد: لغة غير مدعومة (link){{استشهاد بكتاب}}: صيانة الاستشهاد: أسماء متعددة: قائمة المؤلفين (link) page 159{{استشهاد بكتاب}}: تحقق من التاريخ في: |سنة= لا يطابق |تاريخ= (مساعدة){{استشهاد بكتاب}}: تحقق من التاريخ في: |سنة= لا يطابق |تاريخ= (مساعدة)Girls in the past could become apprentice geishas from the age of 13, but it is now illegal to become an apprentice before 18 except in Kyoto where a girl can be an apprentice at 15.
An economic downturn in the 1990s forced businessmen to cut back on entertainment expenses, while high-profile scandals in recent years have made politicians eschew excessive spending. A dinner can cost around 80,000 yen (US$1,058) per head, depending on the venue and the number of geishas present. But even before the 90s, men were steadily giving up on late-night parties at 'ryotei", restaurants with traditional straw-mat tatami rooms where geishas entertain, in favour of the modern comforts of hostess bars and karaoke rooms.
At the age of 15, a Japanese girl is allowed by law to become a "maiko" or apprentice geisha
{{استشهاد بكتاب}}: صيانة الاستشهاد: أسماء متعددة: قائمة المؤلفين (link){{استشهاد بكتاب}}: صيانة الاستشهاد: أسماء متعددة: قائمة المؤلفين (link) page 159Girls to whom it ["geisha"] applies only as a euphemism copy the manners and appearance of real geishaنسخة محفوظة 14 ديسمبر 2011 على موقع واي باك مشين.
{{استشهاد ويب}}: تحقق من التاريخ في: |تاريخ= (مساعدة)Mr. Golden has said in past interviews with other publications that Ms. Iwasaki told him that her mizuage in 1970 set a bidding record, a contention she strongly denies.
geiko: 'Arts child,' originally dancing girls who were too young to be called geisha but too old (more than twenty years of age) to be called odoriko. Geiko was the pronunciation used in the Kamigata region. Some geiko operated as illegal prostitutes. By the nineteenth century the term became synonymous with geisha.
Until about three years ago, there was bidding for mizuage. For an 18-year-old geiko, the average was about 15 million yen," or $143,000, says a young geisha now working in Gion. She claims that men bid for her virginity three years ago.
Given that geishas themselves, it seems, can't agree on what they do or don't do, it's not a surprise that outsiders sometimes struggle to get their facts straight.[وصلة مكسورة]
Fifteen-year-old Shinaka [...] has just started her training.
{{استشهاد ويب}}: تحقق من التاريخ في: |تاريخ= (مساعدة)Many foreigners have long assumed geisha are prostitutes because they are paid by predominantly male customers for their company.
The estimated cost for the 5 year apprenticeship, $0.50M US. This may explain that the number of registered Geisha's in Kyoto is now just 223, less than a 5th of the numbers during the peak of area in the early 1900's
Girls in the past could become apprentice geishas from the age of 13, but it is now illegal to become an apprentice before 18 except in Kyoto where a girl can be an apprentice at 15.
geiko: 'Arts child,' originally dancing girls who were too young to be called geisha but too old (more than twenty years of age) to be called odoriko. Geiko was the pronunciation used in the Kamigata region. Some geiko operated as illegal prostitutes. By the nineteenth century the term became synonymous with geisha.
The question always comes up...just how 'available' is a geisha? [...] There is no simple answer.
{{استشهاد بكتاب}}: صيانة الاستشهاد: أسماء متعددة: قائمة المؤلفين (link)Until about three years ago, there was bidding for mizuage. For an 18-year-old geiko, the average was about 15 million yen," or $143,000, says a young geisha now working in Gion. She claims that men bid for her virginity three years ago.
Mr. Golden has said in past interviews with other publications that Ms. Iwasaki told him that her mizuage in 1970 set a bidding record, a contention she strongly denies.
{{استشهاد بكتاب}}: الوسيط author-name-list parameters تكرر أكثر من مرة (مساعدة)Traditionally patronized by the rich, maiko at establishment houses charge $400 to $600 an hour[وصلة مكسورة] (This was the half-jewel fee.)
The estimated cost for the 5 year apprenticeship, $0.50M US. This may explain that the number of registered Geisha's in Kyoto is now just 223, less than a 5th of the numbers during the peak of area in the early 1900's
{{استشهاد ويب}}: تحقق من التاريخ في: |تاريخ= (مساعدة){{استشهاد ويب}}: تحقق من التاريخ في: |تاريخ= (مساعدة)Girls to whom it ["geisha"] applies only as a euphemism copy the manners and appearance of real geishaنسخة محفوظة 14 ديسمبر 2011 على موقع واي باك مشين.
{{استشهاد بكتاب}}: تحقق من التاريخ في: |سنة= لا يطابق |تاريخ= (مساعدة)An economic downturn in the 1990s forced businessmen to cut back on entertainment expenses, while high-profile scandals in recent years have made politicians eschew excessive spending. A dinner can cost around 80,000 yen (US$1,058) per head, depending on the venue and the number of geishas present. But even before the 90s, men were steadily giving up on late-night parties at 'ryotei", restaurants with traditional straw-mat tatami rooms where geishas entertain, in favour of the modern comforts of hostess bars and karaoke rooms.
Many foreigners have long assumed geisha are prostitutes because they are paid by predominantly male customers for their company.
Given that geishas themselves, it seems, can't agree on what they do or don't do, it's not a surprise that outsiders sometimes struggle to get their facts straight.[وصلة مكسورة]
At the age of 15, a Japanese girl is allowed by law to become a "maiko" or apprentice geisha
Fifteen-year-old Shinaka [...] has just started her training.
Mr. Golden has said in past interviews with other publications that Ms. Iwasaki told him that her mizuage in 1970 set a bidding record, a contention she strongly denies.
{{استشهاد بكتاب}}: الوسيط |مؤلف1-الأول= يفتقد |مؤلف1-الأخير= (help)صيانة الاستشهاد: لغة غير مدعومة (link)