傀儡くぐつ女め

noun

prostitute; geisha

Archaic term for a female entertainer or prostitute, often associated with itinerant performers in medieval Japan. The word is no longer in modern use.

See also: 傀儡

• 傀儡くぐつ女めは中ちゅう世せいの日本にほんで旅たびをしながら芸げいを披ひ露ろうした女じょ性せいたちを指さす言こと葉ばだ。

  Kugutsu-me is a term that referred to women who traveled and performed arts in medieval Japan.