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...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

(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...

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...

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

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"...

(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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

known collectively as yūjo(遊女), the higher ranks of which were known as oiran recognised by the Japanese government operated. Though prostitution was...

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...

releases his grip on Komurasaki during the commotion, Kyoshiro faces the oiran and seemingly cuts her down. Orochi then pursues Robin and Toko, intending...

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 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...

Japanese traditional oiran dance, 2023...