抱かかえ手て

noun

employer of a geisha or prostitute; master; mistress

Archaic term for a person who financially supports and manages a geisha, prostitute, or similar entertainer, often in a patron-like role. Compare 抱え主.

See also: 抱え主

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、抱かかえ手ては芸げい者しゃの生せい活かつを支ささえた。

  In the Edo period, an employer supported the livelihood of geisha.

• その遊ゆう女じょの抱かかえ手ては裕ゆう福ふくな商しょう人にんだった。

  The mistress of that prostitute was a wealthy merchant.