25 definitions by Mimosa 'Mineko Iwasaki'

1. Japanese word for Mother.

2. The owner or proprietress of an okiya. Always female. The maiko and geiko always call her Okasan (mother) out of respect.
Okasan greeted the maiko and geiko as they came inside her okiya.
by Mimosa 'Mineko Iwasaki' January 17, 2007
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The Japanese word for art. Every geisha, geiko, maiko, or taikomochi has one or more gei. (Note: the word gei, is not pluralized, because it is of Japanese origin. Japanese words have no plural form.)
I am going to the Inoue School to study my gei, mai dance.
by Mimosa 'Mineko Iwasaki' January 9, 2007
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The most famous geiko in all of Japan. She was raised to be the atotori. She had the most publicity, and the most customers. Her yearly salary broke a record for all the maiko and geiko. Young maiko today call her legend. Mineko-san retired when she was only 29, a shock to everyone around her. She is also know as the geisha, Memoirs of a Geisha is based on. But, Arthur Golden cruelly twisted her story. So, Mineko-san wrote her own memoir, Geisha a Life, also know as Geisha of Gion. Mineko-san lives with her artist husband in a Kyoto suburb, and the two have one adult daughter.
Iwasaki Mineko danced many years ago before Prince Charles.
by Mimosa 'Mineko Iwasaki' January 16, 2007
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The most famous geiko in all of Japan. She was raised to be the atotori. She had the most publicity, and the most customers. Her yearly salary broke a record for all the maiko and geiko. Young maiko today call her legend. Mineko-san retired when she was only 29, a shock to everyone around her. She is also know as the geisha, Memoirs of a Geisha is based on. But, Arthur Golden cruelly twisted her story. So, Mineko-san wrote her own memoir, Geisha a Life, also know as Geisha of Gion. Mineko-san lives with her artist husband in a Kyoto suburb, and the two have one adult daughter.
Iwasaki Mineko danced many years ago before Prince Charles.
by Mimosa 'Mineko Iwasaki' January 11, 2007
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A lodging house specifically for geisha. The inhabitants may include: Okasan (Mother, owner, proprietress), Geiko, Maiko, Shikomi, and Maids and/or Cook. Contrary to popular belief, men (except priests and dressers) are not allowed inside the okiya. Sexual relations in an okiya is frowned upon and rare.
When the two maiko finished class, they returned home to the okiya.
by Mimosa 'Mineko Iwasaki' January 8, 2007
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Courtesan/Can Can Dancer at the 19th Century dance club, Moulin Rouge.
by Mimosa 'Mineko Iwasaki' January 15, 2007
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Affectionate and personal Japanese suffix, attached to a shortened version of one's personal name. In Japan, one never does this to anyone above them, only those lower or equal.
My name is Mineko, but Okasan(Mother) calls me Mine-chan.
by Mimosa 'Mineko Iwasaki' January 15, 2007
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