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Definition of Geishas
1. geisha [n] - See also: geisha
Lexicographical Neighbors of Geishas
Literary usage of Geishas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Garter Mission to Japan (1906)
"... and a troop of geishas with their attendant band of samisen and koto-players,
not to speak of a very active drummer—of course, a lady,—were waiting to ..."
2. The Garter Mission to Japan (1906)
"Shimbashi geishas. THE ANGLO-JAPANESE ALLIANCE ILLUSTRATED BY AN OLD STORY (Specially
written for the occasion by Taro Masuda, LSC) ACT I. SCENE 1 ..."
3. Forty Years on the Pacific: The Lure of the Great Ocean, a Book of Reference by Frank Coffee (1920)
"THE geishas Of course, everybody has heard of the famous Geisha girls of Japan,
and sharing the universal curiosity about them, I wanted to find out all I ..."
4. In Japan: Pilgrimages to the Shrines of Art by Gaston Migeon (1908)
"... effects—Its national character —Wrestling matches with flat hands—Dancing—The
organisation of the geishas—Dancing in the tea-houses and on the stage. ..."
5. Japan at First Hand: Her Islands, Their People, the Picturesque, the Real by Joseph Ignatius Constantine Clarke (1918)
"The municipalities and even the central government use the geishas from time to
... Nothing is more popular than a procession of geishas through decorated ..."
6. A Trip to Lotus Land by Archie Bell (1917)
"Our first real sight-seeing trip in Japan, after we had been "properly costumed,"
was to the heights overlooking Yokohama, at the foot of which lies geishas ..."
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