- An
okiya (置屋) is the
lodging house/drinking
establishment to
which a
maiko or
geisha is
affiliated with
during her
career as a geisha. The
okiya is typically...
- house. All
geisha must be
registered to an
okiya,
though not all
geisha live in
their okiya day-to-day.
Okiya are
usually run by women, many of whom are...
-
known as
Yoroido and
travel to
Kyoto by train.
Chiyo is
taken to the
Nitta okiya (geisha
boarding house) in Gion to
become a geisha, but her
sister is taken...
-
Chiyo Sakamoto, who is sold by her
impoverished family to a
geisha house (
okiya) to
support them by
training as and
eventually becoming a
geisha under the...
- of
money for the
privilege of
taking their virginity, a sum of
money the
okiya (the
geisha house an
apprentice was
affiliated to)
would take entirely....
-
black kurotomesode-style
hikizuri featuring 5
crests (kamon) to
signify the
okiya they
belong to.
Maiko wearing hikizuri kimono typically wear it with an...
- ****an,
known for its
geiko and maiko, and is home to many of the city's
okiya and
traditional tea houses. Like Gion, Ponto-chō is
famous for the preservation...
-
usually contain okiya (geisha houses) and
ochaya (teahouses
where geisha entertain). Historically,
hanamachi could contain a high
number of
okiya and ochaya...
-
geisha life,
Iwasaki was the heir
apparent (atotori) to her
geisha house (
okiya)
while she was just a
young apprentice.
American author Arthur Golden interviewed...
-
Though many
geisha went into debt or held at
least some debt with
their okiya, few
found themselves in the same
situation of
financial domination and...
