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 Geisha, A Life
by Mineko Iwasaki (with Rande Brown)
ATRIA Books
ISBN: 0-7434-4432-9
Mineko is probably best known in the Western world as the geisha who sued Arthur Golden in relation to his book "Memoirs of a Geisha". As a result of this, Mineko decided to publish a book about her own life to help dispel the many inaccuracies she claimed to be in "Memoirs".
Mineko's story is certainly quite fascinating to read and delivers to us a real and personal journey through the life of one of the most famous geiko to emerge from Gion. She talks about right from the beginning, when she chose to become an atotori (a heir of the house) of the Iwasaki okiya right through to her sudden and surprising retirement at the young age of 29.
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