| | Frog in a Well - The Japan History Group Blog |
 | | The inns and pleasure haunts also provided their share of women whose participation in the activities of the decade made them fitting subjects for later chroniclers of screen and fiction. |
| | Many a shishi owed his life to a timely warning brought by a geisha or maid. |
| | Kido Kôin, who was sheltered by his favorite geisha after the disastrous Chôshû battle in Kyoto in 1864, later made her his wife. |
| www.froginawell.net /japan/2005/02 (2894 words) |
