Mitsuko T.'s definitions

maiko

Geisha are female entertainers. The meaning of gei is "art" and sha means "person of". Geiko is a Kyoto term for Geisha that means more of a "specialist of the arts". Maiko are young geisha ranging in age from 15 to 20 or 21 years old. Mai means “dance”, and and ko is “specialist of” dance.

I am a maiko, a student who learns the art of the geisha.
I am seventeen-years-old, my name is Mitsuko but all call me Mitsu.

by Mitsuko T. April 15, 2007