Akasaka Geisha

…The mulberry and tea fields gradually became high-class residential areas, and the once deserted old town areas regained their vitality, with the prosperity of restaurants in particular. The Akasaka geisha who frequented the area competed with the Shimbashi and Yoshimachi geisha for beauty, and the name of the entertainment district of Akasaka became known throughout the world as the inner sanctum of the political and financial circles. [Ogi Shinzo] …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Akasaka Geisha" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…桑･茶園はしだいに高級住宅街となり，さびれていた旧町地も活気を取りもどし，ことに料亭の繁盛がきわだってきた。そこに出入りする赤坂芸妓は新橋･芳町芸妓と妍（けん）を競い，政財界の奥座敷として花柳界赤坂の名が世に喧伝されるようになった。【小木 新造】。…

※「赤坂芸妓」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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