Title: Intriguing
Product review: I read this book after Arthur Golden's "Memoirs of a Geisha" got me intruiged in geisha. I wanted to know more about the world the fictional Sayuri lived in. "Geisha" does not have the drama and romance of "Memoirs" but it offers more than a cursory look at the life of a geisha. As Dalby gives a firsthand account of her experiences as Ichigiku, the American geisha, she also digs deep into the history of geisha in different parts of Japan, the intricacies of geisha customs and the joys and pains of being a geisha. While "Geisha" may not be everyone's cup of tea, the insights it gave me only made me want to know more about this fragile "flower and willow world".
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