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'Oiran' courtesan parades in Sapporo, northern Japan

SAPPORO, Japan - Geisha entertainer Botan (R) walks down the street at a festival in Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, on Aug. 6, 2014, performing as an "oiran" traditional courtesan of the highest rank from the Edo era (1603-1867) during an "oiran parade."

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'Oiran' courtesan parades in Sapporo, northern Japan

SAPPORO, Japan - Freelance anchorwoman Chikage Aoyama (R) walks down the street at a festival in Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, on Aug. 6, 2014, performing as an "oiran" traditional courtesan of the highest rank from the Edo era (1603-1867) during an "oiran parade."

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East come to Latin-America at Havana fashion show

HAVANA, Cuba - A Cuban model (front R) walks down the catwalk wearing kimono and clogs inspired by ''oiran'' (high-class prostitutes) together with a male model, also in kimono, during a fashion show featuring designer Junko Koshino's creations at Hotel Nacional de Cuba in Havana on Dec. 20, 2009. Models wearing Japanese-inspired fashions also performed Latin dance steps on the catwalk at the event celebrating the 80th anniversary of Japan-Cuba relations.

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Oiran parade

TOKYO, Japan - An ''oiran'' (courtesan) parade is held April 9, 1950 for the first time in 37 years in Yoshiwara, then Japan's largest licensed red-light district, located in Tokyo.

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Courtesan parade held in Sapporo, northern Japan

A popular "oiran" (courtesan) parade is performed during the Susukino Festival in Sapporo, capital of Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, on its opening day on Aug. 6, 2015. Bar hostess "Yuzu" (R), acting as a feudal-age courtesan, walked slowly in traditional manner on a street in the popular Susukino entertainment district, wearing a colorful kimono and a pair of tall wooden clogs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Oiran parade

TOKYO, Japan - An ''oiran'' (courtesan) parade is held April 9, 1950 for the first time in 37 years in Yoshiwara, then Japan's largest licensed red-light district, located in Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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Oirans (courtesans) and palanquins

An oiran (courtesan) walking in formal style with attendants was called an oiran procession. The procession included a novice courtesan, child attendant and chaperone as well as male attendants carrying bed items, a shamisen lute and drums.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Usui Shuzaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number94‐11‐0]

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An oiran (a courtesan)

The oiran was a courtesan in the Edo Period. Formerly the term was applied only to high-ranking courtesans, but later it became a general term for all prostitutes. This photograph depicts the former. The dress she wears is a parade of luxurious items such as saya-silk twill, crepe, habutae-silk, rasha-thin silk, velvet, and gold-brocaded satin damask. Courtesans often wore six combs each in front and back of a long floral comb in the hair.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number72‐84‐0]

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An oiran (courtesan) and her attendant

An oiran (courtesan) walking in formal style. The procession consists of (from left) a novice courtesan, the oiran, an umbrella holder, and a chaperone. In the early years, the oiran procession was small in scale as shown here, but later the number of attendants increased and a complicated system of protocol developed, including the manner of tucking up the kimono skirt and walking pigeon-toed.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐84‐0]

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An oiran and a waitress

The oiran (courtesan) is accompanied by two young attendants called kamuro. They are wearing wooden clogs with high supports, typical footwear for courtesans.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number49‐49‐0]

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Parade of Oiran,high class courtesans

High-ranking prostitutes welcomed their important customers by dressing up and parading the streets of the red-light district, called Oiran Dochu. In this photo, Oiran are accompanied by children.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number44‐21‐0]

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An oiran (a courtesan)

Oiran is a high-class prostitute. They wore magnificent garments and competed in brilliance. Their coiffure was extravagantly done with a total of 12 ornaments and 2 combs, and a long Kogai (head dress). They also wore highs sandals with two heels.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Suzuki Shin-ichi, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number41‐35‐0]

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Dancing geikos

Two women dressed oiran-style and wakashu-style hold hands and dance. The oiran-style woman has a towel tied around her head to the chin, and acts out the role of a drunken, style, imitating a courtesan mesmerized by a young man.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number15‐16‐0]

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'Oiran' courtesan parades in Sapporo, northern Japan

SAPPORO, Japan - Geisha entertainer Botan (R) walks down the street at a festival in Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, on Aug. 6, 2014, performing as an "oiran" traditional courtesan of the highest rank from the Edo era (1603-1867) during an "oiran parade." (Kyodo)

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East come to Latin-America at Havana fashion show

HAVANA, Cuba - A Cuban model (front R) walks down the catwalk wearing kimono and clogs inspired by ''oiran'' (high-class prostitutes) together with a male model, also in kimono, during a fashion show featuring designer Junko Koshino's creations at Hotel Nacional de Cuba in Havana on Dec. 20, 2009. Models wearing Japanese-inspired fashions also performed Latin dance steps on the catwalk at the event celebrating the 80th anniversary of Japan-Cuba relations. (Kyodo)