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Geisha Books
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Memoirs of a Geisha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 176 times as geisha)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,109,426 ratings — published 1997
Geisha, a Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as geisha)
avg rating 3.93 — 27,431 ratings — published 2002
Autobiography of a Geisha (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as geisha)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,746 ratings — published 1957
Women of the Pleasure Quarters: The Secret History of the Geisha (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as geisha)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,548 ratings — published 2000
Madame Sadayakko: The Geisha Who Bewitched the West (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as geisha)
avg rating 3.62 — 666 ratings — published 2003
Rivalry: A Geisha's Tale (Japanese Studies Series)
by (shelved 14 times as geisha)
avg rating 3.61 — 1,056 ratings — published 1917
Geisha: A Unique World of Tradition, Elegance and Art (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as geisha)
avg rating 4.11 — 188 ratings — published 2003
A Geisha's Journey: My Life As a Kyoto Apprentice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as geisha)
avg rating 4.11 — 379 ratings — published 2008
Snow Country (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as geisha)
avg rating 3.56 — 41,211 ratings — published 1948
The Nightless City: Or the History of the Yoshiwara Yukwaku (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as geisha)
avg rating 3.84 — 76 ratings — published 1971
Geisha: The Life, the Voices, the Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as geisha)
avg rating 3.92 — 218 ratings — published 1995
The Blonde Geisha (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as geisha)
avg rating 2.55 — 408 ratings — published 2006
Geisha: Beyond the Painted Smile (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as geisha)
avg rating 3.81 — 43 ratings — published 2004
Geisha: A Photographic History, 1872-1912 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as geisha)
avg rating 4.10 — 59 ratings — published 2006
The Life of a Geisha (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as geisha)
avg rating 3.92 — 207 ratings — published 2012
Geishas and the Floating World: Inside Tokyo's Yoshiwara Pleasure District (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as geisha)
avg rating 3.30 — 60 ratings — published
The Geisha with the Green Eyes (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as geisha)
avg rating 3.79 — 528 ratings — published 2015
Yoshiwara: The Pleasure Quarters of Old Tokyo (Yenbooks)
by (shelved 3 times as geisha)
avg rating 3.59 — 80 ratings — published 1973
The Demon in the Teahouse (Samurai Detective, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as geisha)
avg rating 3.98 — 806 ratings — published 2001
The Asian Mystique: Dragon Ladies, Geisha Girls, and Our Fantasies of the Exotic Orient (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 3 times as geisha)
avg rating 3.50 — 255 ratings — published 2005
Maiko Masquerade: Crafting Geisha Girlhood in Japan (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as geisha)
avg rating 4.17 — 6 ratings — published 2021
Spider (Warrior Woman of the Samurai, #4)
by (shelved 2 times as geisha)
avg rating 4.17 — 92 ratings — published
Chameleon (Warrior Woman of the Samurai, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as geisha)
avg rating 4.07 — 163 ratings — published
This World is Ours (The Geisha Who Ran Away, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as geisha)
avg rating 4.12 — 156 ratings — published
The Red Thread of Fate (The Geisha Who Ran Away, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as geisha)
avg rating 4.09 — 184 ratings — published
The Song of the Wild Geese (The Geisha Who Ran Away, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as geisha)
avg rating 4.09 — 330 ratings — published
BUTTERFLIES OF THE NIGHT: Mama-sans, Geisha, Strippers, and the Japanese Men They Serve (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as geisha)
avg rating 3.75 — 51 ratings — published 2004
Butterfly's Sisters: The Geisha in Western Culture (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as geisha)
avg rating 3.38 — 8 ratings — published 2010
Memoirs of a Geisha (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as geisha)
avg rating 4.46 — 8,962 ratings — published
Geisha Secrets: A Pillow Book for Lovers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as geisha)
avg rating 3.40 — 15 ratings — published 2000
Little Songs of the Geisha: Traditional Japanese Ko-Uta (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as geisha)
avg rating 3.67 — 52 ratings — published 2000
Kickboxing Geishas: How Modern Japanese Women Are Changing Their Nation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as geisha)
avg rating 3.41 — 185 ratings — published 2007
Geisha: Women of Japan's Flower & Willow World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as geisha)
avg rating 4.06 — 17 ratings — published 2005
The Secrets From The Hidden House Trilogy (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as geisha)
avg rating 4.23 — 26 ratings — published
Secrets of the Geisha (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as geisha)
avg rating 3.58 — 380 ratings — published 1983
The GEISHA (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as geisha)
avg rating 4.33 — 3 ratings — published 2013
Big Bad Alpha Box Set (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as geisha)
avg rating 3.74 — 46 ratings — published 2014
Geisha - The Mysterious Japanese Entertainer (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as geisha)
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 2015
Encyclopedia Of Prostitution And Sex Work (Volume, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as geisha)
avg rating 4.50 — 8 ratings — published 2006
Me llamo Anita Alvarado (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as geisha)
avg rating 3.62 — 47 ratings — published 2002
Wild Iris: A Historical Fiction Novel (Daughter of the Yakuza Book 1)
by (shelved 1 time as geisha)
avg rating 4.57 — 7 ratings — published
Дневник современной гейши. Секреты ночной жизни страны восходящего солнца (Travel Story. Книги для отдыха) (Russian Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as geisha)
avg rating 3.25 — 4 ratings — published
Memorie dell'Isola Ventaglio, Vol. 4 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as geisha)
avg rating 4.08 — 13 ratings — published
Kissing the Mask: Beauty, Understatement, and Femininity in Japanese Noh Theater (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as geisha)
avg rating 3.67 — 157 ratings — published 2010
Shanks Mare: Japan's Great Comic Novel of Travel & Ribaldry (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as geisha)
avg rating 3.45 — 153 ratings — published 1802
Cerezos en la oscuridad (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as geisha)
avg rating 3.82 — 595 ratings — published 1895
“Maar af en toe had ik het voorrecht het gesprek op te vangen van een geisha die echt scherpzinnig was, en Mameha was zeker een van hen. Van haar conversaties stak ik een heleboel op. Als een man bijvoorbeeld tegen haar zei: 'Warm weertje, vind je niet?', had ze een stuk of tien antwoorden paraat. Als hij een oude snoeper was, zou ze tegen hem kunnen zeggen: 'Warm? Misschien krijgt u het gewoon warm, omdat u tussen zoveel mooie vrouwen zit.' Of als hij een arrogante, jonge zakenman was die zijn plaats niet kende, zou ze hem van zijn stuk kunnen brengen door te zeggen: 'zit u me daar tussen een vijftal vrouwen die tot de beste geisha's van Gion behoren, en wat doet u? U begint over het weer.”
― Memoirs of a Geisha
― Memoirs of a Geisha
“At home, sleeping," said Kurota, unfazed. "She was a magazine editor until we got married. Then she said, 'I can't be bothered to work anymore.' That's the way it is with Japanese wives. She stays home, has children, and brings them up. Her world is very narrow - the PTA and the parents of our children's friends; that's about it. I go out and enjoy myself, then get home late and wake her up and she gets angry. She says, 'Why did you wake me up?' and goes back to sleep. In the West, people go to the pub for a drink, then go home, get changed, and go out with their wives. But we Japanese can't do that, our homes are too far away. "That's why we have geisha," said his friend, butting in. "Ordinary girls are good at having babies and bringing up children. But geisha are good at chatting. You see old geisha here ...”
― Women of the Pleasure Quarters: The Secret History of the Geisha
― Women of the Pleasure Quarters: The Secret History of the Geisha
