An 置屋 is the lodging house in which a maiko or geisha lives during the length of her nenki (contract or career as a geisha). A young woman`s first step toward becoming a geisha is to be accepted into an okiya (boarding house), a geisha house owned by the woman who will pay for her training. The proprietress of the okiya is called okā-san (th....
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Geisha house. Maiko have the mon (crest) of their okiya on the end of their long obis
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