Back in those days, geigi was often used as time filler until the prostitute arrived at the customer's room in the red light district and this is a distinction between the roles of geigi before and after the beginning of the Meiji Period.
当時、芸妓は遊郭で遊女が来るまでの場つなぎとして呼ばれることが多く、この点が明治以降とはかなり違う。