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"It was traditional in the past for established geisha to take a danna, or patron. A danna was typically a wealthy man, sometimes married, who had the means to support the very large expenses related to a geisha's traditional training and other costs. This sometimes occurs today as well, but very rarely."I believe John Brown brought it up, he isn't native to Japan and spoke of a Patron in a manner that the Japanese characters took as referring to a Geisha.
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