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Ever since Westerners arrived in Japan, they have been intrigued by Japanese womanhood and, above all, by geisha. This fascination has spawned a wealth of extraordinary fictional creations, from Puccini’s Madame Butterfly to Arthur Golden’s Memoirs of a Geisha. But as denizens of a world defined by silence and mystery, real geisha are notoriously difficult to meet and even to find. As a result, their history has long been cloaked in secrecy.
Lesley Downer, an award-winning writer, Japanese scholar, and consummate storyteller, gained more access to this world than almost any other Westerner, and spent several months living
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Manufacturer: Broadway Books
Release date: 9 April 2002
ISBN-10 : 0767904907 | ISBN-13: 9780767904902
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Release date: 9 April 2002
ISBN-10 : 0767904907 | ISBN-13: 9780767904902
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