Women of the Pleasure Quarters: The Secret
History of the Geisha
Lesley Downer
The author gives a fascinating and engaging history of the Geishas - the
educated high class Japanese courtesans at the heart of Japan's Floating
World who defied the traditional roles of Japanese women and shaped Japan's
larger cultural heritage and Eastern ideas of sexuality and
feminity. Downer describes daily activities in Geisha houses of today and
also explores matters of the heart - including reasons girls enter this
life.
This summary is courtesy of McNaughton Books