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...
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Nihongami (section Oiran and tayū)
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...
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companions of the chōnin classes and simultaneously cause the demise of oiran, the upper-class courtesans of the red-light districts. The licensed district...
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Tainan HSR station (redirect from Oiran Train Scenic Park)
Speed Rail Corporation opened the Oiran Train Scenic Park at the Tainan HSR Station. It features the 0 series "Oiran" train car that was originally transported...
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record label JPU compiled the singles into the internationally released Oiran: Extended Edition. Nemophila released their debut studio album, Revive,...
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Tayū differed from lower ranks of oiran by the social class of their customers and the services they offer. Oiran, being prostitutes and Tayū, being...
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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...
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Hokkoku Goshiki-zumi (section Oiran)
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...
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featuring traditionally themed shows including plays, ninja action and oiran shows combined with outdoor live shows, street performances, parades, seasonal...
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(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...
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different names throughout the story and becomes a tayū, or high ranking oiran (courtesan). North American publisher Vertical Inc published it in English...
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disappearance of oiran, the term karyūkai referred to the entertainment districts (the "world") of both geisha and courtesans, with oiran acting as the "flowers"...
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similarities have been found between the Greek hetaera and the Japanese oiran, complex figures that are perhaps in an intermediate position between prostitution...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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their European counterparts. Examples of Japanese courtesans included the oiran class, who were more focused on the aspect of entertainment than European...
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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...
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known collectively as yūjo(遊女), the higher ranks of which were known as oiran recognised by the Japanese government operated. Though prostitution was...
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were property of the brothel owner, myōseki were rarely passed from one oiran directly down to their apprentice, as holders were chosen for their suitability...
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releases his grip on Komurasaki during the commotion, Kyoshiro faces the oiran and seemingly cuts her down. Orochi then pursues Robin and Toko, intending...
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(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...
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Japanese traditional oiran dance, 2023...
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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...
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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...
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adjective *aryāna- and (b) the pl. *aryānām; in both cases the underlying OIran. ajective *arya- 'Aryan' is found. It is worth mentioning that although...
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Corporate Masculinity in a Tokyo Hostess Club No-pan kissa Nuru (massage) Oiran Otoko-machi Map Pink Box: Inside Japan's Sex Clubs Pornography in Japan...
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