内うち芸げい者しゃ

noun

in-house geisha; geisha working on premises

Refers to a geisha who lives and works directly in a restaurant, inn, or similar establishment, rather than being called from an external geisha house (置屋). This arrangement was more common in the past.

• 昔むかしは旅りょ館かんに内うち芸げい者しゃがいることもあった。

  In the past, some inns had in-house geisha.

• 内うち芸げい者しゃは置おき屋やから派は遣けんされる芸げい者しゃとは立たち場ばが異ことなる。

  An in-house geisha has a different status from a geisha dispatched from a geisha house.