Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Gejša" in Slovenian language version.
The question always comes up...just how 'available' is a geisha? ... There is no simple answer.
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 19th century the term became synonymous with geisha.
The question always comes up...just how 'available' is a geisha? ... There is no simple answer.