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Autobiography of a Geisha Book
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The glamorous world of Kyoto's geisha is familiar to many readers. This book presents a different view, one that bears little resemblance to the elegant geisha quarter frequented by illustrious patrons. Masudo Sayo was a geisha at a hot springs resort, where the realities of sex for sale are unadorned by the trappings of.wealth and power. Masuda was sent to work as a nursemaid at the age of six and was sold to a geisha house at the age of twelve. In accordance with tradition, she first worked as a servant while training in the arts of dance, song, shamisen, and drum. In 1940, when she was sixteen, she made her debut as a geisha. Very few geisha have written their memoirs, preferring to fade into obscurity. Although she had never gone to school and could barely write, Masuda undertook to set down her story. Motivated by the desire to tell the truth about life as a geisha, she responded to a national magazine contest - and won. The article later grew into this book. Remarkable for its wit and frankness, the book is a moving record of a woman´s survival on the margins of Japanese society -in the words of the translator, "the superbly told tale of a woman whom fortune never favored yet never defeated."
- 0231129505
- 9780231129503
- S Masuda
- 16 May 2003
- Columbia University Press
- Hardcover (Book)
- 216
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