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.
- ISBN10 0520257898
- ISBN13 9780520257894
- Publish Date 10 December 2008 (first published 1 January 1983)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 7 July 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of California Press
- Edition 3rd Revised edition
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 374
- Language English