Geisha - belonging to a certain type of Japanese artist, of which in the year 1920 there were 80. 000; today they are only about a thousand, but their fascination remains-In the West they are called geisha, but in Japan they are the geiko and at first they were boys-Before, their learning began at age six and today begins at age 15. Extremely discreet, dressing a geisha can cost the same or more than buying a house.