店みせ出だし

Meanings

misedashi; debut of an apprentice geisha; ceremony where a shikomi becomes a maiko

A traditional Kyoto geisha district term for the formal debut of a young woman transitioning from shikomi (trainee) to maiko (apprentice geisha). The ceremony involves visiting tea houses and receiving greetings.

See also: 仕込み (しこみ) · 舞妓 (まいこ)

彼かの女じょの店みせ出だしの日ひには、多おおくの芸げい妓ぎや舞妓まいこがお祝いわいに駆かけつけた。
On the day of her misedashi, many geisha and maiko came to celebrate.
店みせ出だしを迎むかえるまで、仕し込こみさんは厳きびしい稽けい古こを積つむ。
Until her misedashi, the shikomi undergoes rigorous training.

Kanji

店store, shop
出exit, leave, go out
見see, hopes, chances
世generation, world, society

Related words

仕し込こみ
A shikomi is a trainee in the geisha world, the stage before becoming a maiko. Misedashi is the ceremony marking the end of this training period.
舞妓まいこ
A maiko is an apprentice geisha. Misedashi is the debut ceremony that officially makes a shikomi into a maiko.

Written forms

店みせ出だしUsage13%
Standard kanji spelling for the debut ceremony of an apprentice geisha.
店みせだしUsage87%
Variant spelling using okurigana; less common but still encountered.
見み世せ出だし
Rare spelling using 見世 for みせ; mostly historical or stylistic.
みせ出だし
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; occasionally seen but not standard.
見み世せだし
Rare variant combining 見世 and okurigana; mostly historical.

Etymology

Compound of 店 (mise, 'establishment' or 'tea house') and 出し (dashi, 'putting out' or 'sending out'), referring to the act of presenting a new apprentice to the geisha community.