may be more than one geisha or living in an at any given time, and the mother of the house may also be an active geisha herself; however, there are no requirements for an to have any geisha at all in order to keep its license as an .

Financial arrangements

The financial arrangements of a geisha's affiliation with her vary; a geisha may start her career by borrowing everything from her , including room and board and her kimono, and may pay this back over time. Under this system, until a geisha's debt is paid off - a process

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