町まち芸げい者しゃ

noun

town geisha; geisha not in a red-light district

Refers to a geisha who works in a regular town area, as opposed to one in a licensed pleasure quarter. The distinction is historical and cultural.

• 彼かの女じょは花はな街まちではなく、町まち芸げい者しゃとして活かつ動どうしている。

  She works as a town geisha, not in the red-light district.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、町まち芸げい者しゃと廓くるわ芸げい者しゃの区く別べつがあった。

  In the Edo period, there was a distinction between town geisha and quarter geisha.