| #340450 in Books | 2008-12-10 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.00 x.93 x8.00l,1.65 | File type: PDF | 374 pages||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| still amazed|By sere2086|I did not know what i was getting myself into when i purchase this book alongside Arthur Golden - Memoirs of a Geisha but then i questioned myself...this is from a lady who was a geisha herself, who knows what more mysteries she can add to my own revelations...and she did not let me down. I cannot put down this book.... I jus can't. She detailed every l||
“Provides an important window on the arts practiced by geisha, a history of their profession, and their reception in modern Japan through the mid-1970s.”
In this classic best seller, Liza Dalby, the first non-Japanese ever to have trained as a geisha, offers an insider's look at the exclusive world of female companions to the Japanese male elite. A new preface examines how geisha have been profoundly affected by the changes of the past quarter century yet—especially in Kyoto—have managed to take advantage of modern developments to maintain their social position with flair.
You easily download any file type for your gadget.Geisha, 25th Anniversary Edition, Updated Edition | Liza Dalby. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.