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Having Patrons is Normal
Geishas can have their own patrons who are called danna. They are powerful and with a lot of money who pay for all the expenses for a geisha. It is a life long duty that a danna has to comply with. It is, therefore, rather a matter of high social order to be a danna. It showed the power and wealth of a man. However, the relationship between them is not necessarily sexual.