goze
Sign in to savethumb|A goze in 1912 (photographed by Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore and hand-colored) is a Japanese historic term referring to visually-impaired Japanese women, most of whom worked as musicians.
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- Subclass of
- blind musician
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Instrument
- shamisen
- Image
- Eliza R. Scidmore - Japan 1912 - Goze.jpg
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- medical condition
- blindness
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- Goze
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thumb|A goze in 1912 (photographed by Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore and hand-colored) is a Japanese historic term referring to visually-impaired Japanese women, most of whom worked as musicians.
== Etymology == The kanji for mean "blind" and "woman." is most likely derived from , which also means "blind person" ( is a formal second-person pronoun). Although the term can be found in medieval records, other terms such as , were also in use (especially in written records) until the modern era. In spoken language, the term is usually suffixed by an honorific: , , , etc.
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