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Memoirs of a Geisha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 180 times as geisha)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,146,786 ratings — published 1997
Geisha, a Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as geisha)
avg rating 3.93 — 28,500 ratings — published 2002
Autobiography of a Geisha (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as geisha)
avg rating 3.95 — 3,794 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 — 1,573 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 — 44,674 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 — 547 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 4.08 — 173 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 — 9,120 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 4.57 — 14 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
“Since moving to New York I’ve learned what the word “geisha” really means to most Westerners. From time to time at elegant parties, I've been introduced to some young woman or other in a splendid dress and jewelry. When she learns I was once a geisha in Kyoto, she forms her mouth into a sort of smile, although the corners don’t turn up quite as they should… This woman is thinking, “My goodness. I'm talking with a prostitute.” A moment later she's rescued by her escort, a wealthy man a good thirty or forty years older than she is. Well, I often find myself wondering why she can't sense how much we really have in common. She is a kept woman, you see, and in my day, so was I.”
― Memoirs of a Geisha
― Memoirs of a Geisha
“But really, would Yoroido seem any less exotic if I went back there again? As a young girl I believed my life would never have been a struggle if Mr. Tanaka hadn't torn me away from my tipsy house. But now I know that our world is no more permanent than a wave rising on the ocean. Whatever our struggles and triumphs, however we may suffer them, all too soon they bleed into a wash, just like watery ink on paper.”
― Memoirs of a Geisha
― Memoirs of a Geisha
