Oiran (花魁) is a collective term for the highest-ranking courtesans in Japanese history, who were considered to be above common prostitutes (known as yūjo...

by the mage itself. It is said that this hairstyle was created using the oiran katsuyama hairstyle from the Edo period. Ofuku (おふく) – the default hairstyle...

record label JPU compiled the singles into the internationally released Oiran: Extended Edition. Nemophila released their debut studio album, Revive,...

companions of the chōnin classes and simultaneously cause the demise of oiran, the upper-class courtesans of the red-light districts. The licensed district...

different names throughout the story and becomes a tayū, or high ranking oiran (courtesan). North American publisher Vertical Inc published it in English...

class of traditional courtesan in Japan. Traditionally the highest class of oiran, tayū were distinguished historically from other courtesans by the quality...

(水揚げ, lit. 'hoisting from water') was a ceremony undergone by apprentice oiran (kamuro) and some maiko (apprentice geisha) as part of their coming of age...

in 2004, during an excavation along the right bank of the Shinjo river. Oiran (花魁) – high-ranking courtesans of the feudal period in Japan – wore tall...

to duel with his pursuer. Later he rejoins the gang of assassins at an oiran house (courtesan brothel) in the Shimabara district of Kyoto. There, in...

similarities have been found between the Greek hetaera and the Japanese oiran, complex figures that are perhaps in an intermediate position between prostitution...

featuring traditionally themed shows including plays, ninja action and oiran shows combined with outdoor live shows, street performances, parades, seasonal...

the cities of Kyoto, Edo, and Osaka, Japan. Oiran were courtesans in Japan during the Edo period. The oiran were considered a type of yūjo (遊女) "woman...

folklore concerns an oiran (courtesan) named Usugumo in Yoshiwara during the Genroku era of the Edo period. Usugumo was an oiran who worked in Miuraya...

disappearance of oiran, the term karyūkai referred to the entertainment districts (the "world") of both geisha and courtesans, with oiran acting as the "flowers"...

pleasure") and ranked according to an elaborate hierarchy, with tayū and later oiran at the apex. The women were not allowed outside of the walls except to visit...

They range from the highest ranks—highly-trained and expensive geisha and oiran—to the lowest prostitutes outside the walls of Yoshiwara. Each is printed...

Japanese traditional oiran dance, 2023...

reproduction on the cover of the magazine Paris Illustre, The Courtesan or Oiran (1887), after Keisai Eisen, which he then graphically enlarged in a painting...

maiko, sumo wrestlers, brides, modern tayū and oiran re-enactors, with both geisha, brides, tayū and oiran, and some apprentice geisha in some regions of...

and Kumoi were the same person. A rumor also connected Musashi with the oiran Yoshino Tayu [Ja]. Musashi created and refined a two-sword kenjutsu technique...

their European counterparts. Examples of Japanese courtesans included the oiran class, who were more focused on the aspect of entertainment than European...

the sixth century AD, where prostitutes and courtesans evolved into the Oiran and Geisha entertainment professions. The geisha of Japan emphasized good...

Aspasia: common law wife of Pericles, sometimes alleged to have been a hetaira Oiran: class of courtesans in Edo period and Imperial Japan Qayna: class of courtesans...

(遊女, lit. "woman of pleasure"), the higher ranks of which were known as oiran (花魁) - recognised by the Japanese government operated. Though prostitution...

human form, she has a peculiar way of speaking, modeled after that of the oiran high-class courtesans. She is able to speak to humans as a wolf. Holo is...

Best Costume Design. United States portal Books portal Japan portal Geisha Oiran Orientalism Shirabyoshi Richard Lloyd Barry (March 30, 2006). "The Queen...

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been hiding her identity by becoming known as Komurasaki, working as an oiran of the tayu (太夫 tayū?) rank, the highest of all. Kozuki Hiyori is voiced...

adjective *aryāna- and (b) the gen. pl. *aryānām; in both cases the underlying OIran. ajective *arya- 'Aryan' is found. It is worth mentioning that although...

indulging in anti-establishment play.: 52–53  In 1965, Shinohara began his Oiran series. The title refers to the high-ranking courtesans from the Edo period...