okiya: Osaka Maiko holding her Sleeve (1910) “Despite two major fires, which destroyed most of
okiya: Osaka Maiko holding her Sleeve (1910) “Despite two major fires, which destroyed most of the Shimmachi hanamachi (geisha district) in the South in 1895 and then the Sonezaki hanamachi in the North in 1912, the geisha districts of Osaka throve throughout the early Taisho period (1910s). By 1929, Osaka had an estimated 5,300 active geisha.” (source) -- source link