The geisha won the lawsuit against Mr. Golden, author of Autobiography of a Geisha, who had felt the need to, um, add some drama to the story that was told to him.
The geisha -- Mineko Iwasake -- then wrote her own books: Geisha, A Life and Geisha of Gion. She was very clear in the book I read that geishas were not courtesans, though she does relate the story of a sister geisha who was sold into prostitution as a child, but escaped (upward) into geisha life.
It was a fascinating read, and I may very well pick up Geisha of Gion, too.
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Date: 2007-11-28 01:04 am (UTC)The geisha -- Mineko Iwasake -- then wrote her own books: Geisha, A Life and Geisha of Gion. She was very clear in the book I read that geishas were not courtesans, though she does relate the story of a sister geisha who was sold into prostitution as a child, but escaped (upward) into geisha life.
It was a fascinating read, and I may very well pick up Geisha of Gion, too.