What does oiran mean?
Oiran means A high-status courtesan in Japan..
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/ˈɔɪɹən/ · noun
A high-status courtesan in Japan..
The oiran of Mitarai was not like the geisha. Like the great eighteenth-century courtesans of Europe, she knew who and what she was and turned wanton provocation into an art.
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Oiran means A high-status courtesan in Japan..
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The oiran of Mitarai was not like the geisha. Like the great eighteenth-century courtesans of Europe, she knew who and what she was and turned wanton provocation into an art.
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