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Madame Sadayakko
the geisha who bewitched the West
By Downer, Lesley
- ISBN
- 978-1-59240-005-8
- Publisher
- New York : Gotham Books, 2003.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2003
Geishas, real and fictional, figure in Western views of Japan as erotic embodiments of an exotic Orient that flourishes in our minds, if nowhere else. Sada Kawakami (1872-1946) was trained as a geisha and rose to the top of her profession by her mid-teens. After marrying Otojiro Kawakami, an actor-producer, she endured numerous hardships before unexpectedly becoming an international celebrity in Europe and America at the turn of the ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
