It is about Chiyo, and her travails in a Geisha house where she is brought up and trained in the art and trade of being a Geisha.Ī Geisha is a Japanese woman who entertains through performing the ancient traditions of art, dance and singing, and is distinctively characterized by wearing kimonos and peculiar makeup. She ends up in prostitution, the consequence of not being as beautiful and well formed ( by Geisha standards) as her sister. Her sister, Satsu, who was sold off at the same time is not so lucky. We follow her journey from a tipsy house in Yoroido village, to a Geisha house (okiya) where she goes through a potpourri of sweet and sour, mostly sour experiences before eventually emerging as the heir and daughter of the Okiya, and a successful Geisha. Memoirs of a Geisha is a biographical account of the interesting life and times of Chiyo Sakamoto, a Japanese girl sold into Geisha-hood at the age of nine, by her own father. PUBLISHED BY: Vintage Books (Random House)
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