Types of geisha

thumb|alt=A profile view of a geisha sat kneeling. She wears a black formal kimono a gold belt, a traditionally styled wig and white make-up with red lips and accents.|Profile of a Miyagawa-chō (geisha) Kimiha wearing a trailing, formal black kimono () and a -style wig <!-- Please use

thumb|An apprentice geiko on the day of her , the occasion when a becomes an apprentice proper. Notice two dangling on the sides of her hairstyle.|alt=An apprentice wearing formal black kimono and tall sandals

thumb|A goze in 1912 (photographed by Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore and hand-colored) is a Japanese historic term referring to visually-impaired Japanese women, most of whom worked as musicians.

, also known as , were the original male geisha of Japan.

thumb|A painting by Katsushika Hokusai of the most famous , [[Shizuka Gozen (Lady Shizuka), who was the lover of Minamoto no Yoshitsune.]]

geisha, usually low-ranking, who worked in onsen (hot spring) resorts or towns