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Memoirs of a Geisha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 180 times as geisha)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,147,423 ratings — published 1997
Geisha, a Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as geisha)
avg rating 3.93 — 28,526 ratings — published 2002
Autobiography of a Geisha (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as geisha)
avg rating 3.95 — 3,796 ratings — published 1957
Women of the Pleasure Quarters: The Secret History of the Geisha (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as geisha)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,574 ratings — published 2000
Madame Sadayakko: The Geisha Who Bewitched the West (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as geisha)
avg rating 3.63 — 679 ratings — published 2003
Rivalry: A Geisha's Tale (Japanese Studies Series)
by (shelved 14 times as geisha)
avg rating 3.61 — 1,105 ratings — published 1917
Geisha: A Unique World of Tradition, Elegance and Art (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as geisha)
avg rating 4.12 — 189 ratings — published 2003
A Geisha's Journey: My Life As a Kyoto Apprentice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as geisha)
avg rating 4.12 — 381 ratings — published 2008
Snow Country (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as geisha)
avg rating 3.55 — 44,733 ratings — published 1948
The Nightless City: Or the History of the Yoshiwara Yukwaku (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as geisha)
avg rating 3.86 — 79 ratings — published 1971
Geisha: The Life, the Voices, the Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as geisha)
avg rating 3.92 — 219 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 3.79 — 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 — 211 ratings — published 2012
Geishas and the Floating World: Inside Tokyo's Yoshiwara Pleasure District (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as geisha)
avg rating 3.32 — 65 ratings — published
The Geisha with the Green Eyes (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as geisha)
avg rating 3.80 — 549 ratings — published 2015
Yoshiwara: The Pleasure Quarters of Old Tokyo (Yenbooks)
by (shelved 3 times as geisha)
avg rating 3.57 — 83 ratings — published 1973
The Demon in the Teahouse (Samurai Detective, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as geisha)
avg rating 3.99 — 821 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 3.49 — 257 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 4.15 — 98 ratings — published
Chameleon (Warrior Woman of the Samurai, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as geisha)
avg rating 4.09 — 174 ratings — published
This World is Ours (The Geisha Who Ran Away, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as geisha)
avg rating 4.12 — 165 ratings — published
The Red Thread of Fate (The Geisha Who Ran Away, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as geisha)
avg rating 4.11 — 193 ratings — published
The Song of the Wild Geese (The Geisha Who Ran Away, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as geisha)
avg rating 4.11 — 341 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 3.73 — 52 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 — 9,122 ratings — published 2000
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 3.69 — 52 ratings — published 2000
Kickboxing Geishas: How Modern Japanese Women Are Changing Their Nation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as geisha)
avg rating 3.40 — 186 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 Geisha Girl: 1917 Guide (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as geisha)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
Запретная Япония. Секреты страны восходящего солнца, о которых не принято говорить вслух (Глазами других. Как на самом деле живут в разных странах?) (Russian Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as geisha)
avg rating 3.25 — 8 ratings — published
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 3.59 — 393 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 3.60 — 50 ratings — published 2002
Wild Iris: A Historical Fiction Novel (Daughter of the Yakuza Book 1)
by (shelved 1 time as geisha)
avg rating 4.60 — 15 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 3.33 — 6 ratings — published
Memorie dell'Isola Ventaglio, Vol. 4 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as geisha)
avg rating 4.07 — 14 ratings — published
Kissing the Mask: Beauty, Understatement, and Femininity in Japanese Noh Theater (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as geisha)
avg rating 3.66 — 156 ratings — published 2010
“When I was a nursemaid at the home of the landowners, a nun who happened to pass once gave me something square and white.Timidly I licked it and discovered that it was sweet and delicious. I realize now that it must have been a sugar cube;but still, more than twenty years later, I remember clearly the joy I felt then. It's not just children; everyone seems to be deeply touched by unexpected joy brought to them by others and is unable to forget it.
That child will be grown up by now, and if he hasn't forgotten me, whenever he sees a crying child he'll want to say a kind word and wipe the kid's nose. And when that kid grows up, he'll do the same. To do something kind for another is never a bad feeling; it fosters a spirit of caring for other people. And who knows,after a hundrend years, human beings may even learn to cooperate with one another...Yes, that was it: I'd try to teach children that if they felt glad when someone gave them a single piece of candy,then they in turn should give to others.”
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That child will be grown up by now, and if he hasn't forgotten me, whenever he sees a crying child he'll want to say a kind word and wipe the kid's nose. And when that kid grows up, he'll do the same. To do something kind for another is never a bad feeling; it fosters a spirit of caring for other people. And who knows,after a hundrend years, human beings may even learn to cooperate with one another...Yes, that was it: I'd try to teach children that if they felt glad when someone gave them a single piece of candy,then they in turn should give to others.”
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“El conocimiento pasa de la maestra a la estudiante mediante un proceso denominado mane. Aunque este término se traduce a menudo por "imitación", el aprendizaje de la danza va más allá de la simple copia y exige una profunda identificación. Repetimos los movimientos de la profesora hasta que somos capaces de reproducirlos con exactitud o hasta que, en cierto modo, nos hemos impregnado de su maestría. Si deseamos expresar lo que hay en nuestros corazones, la técnica artística debe incorporarse por completo a las células de nuestro cuerpo, algo que requiere muchos años de práctica.”
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