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Geisha, a life

No woman in the three-hundred-year history of the karyukai has ever come forward in public to tell her story -- until now. "Many say I was the best geisha of my generation," writes Mineko Iwasaki. "And yet, it was a life that I found too constricting to continue. And one that I ultimately had to leave." Trained to become a geisha from the age of five, Iwasaki would live among the other "women of art" in Kyoto's Gion Kobu district and practice the ancient customs of Japanese entertainment. She was loved by kings, princes, military heroes, and wealthy statesmen alike. But even though she became one of the most prized geishas in Japan's history, Iwasaki wanted more: her own life. And by the time she retired at age twenty-nine, Iwasaki was finally on her way toward a new beginning. Geisha, a Life is her story -- at times heartbreaking, always awe-inspiring, and totally true. - Publisher.

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  • "Memuary geĭshi"
  • "Мемуары гейши"
  • "Geisha, a life"
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  • "No woman in the three-hundred-year history of the karyukai has ever come forward in public to tell her story -- until now. "Many say I was the best geisha of my generation," writes Mineko Iwasaki. "And yet, it was a life that I found too constricting to continue. And one that I ultimately had to leave." Trained to become a geisha from the age of five, Iwasaki would live among the other "women of art" in Kyoto's Gion Kobu district and practice the ancient customs of Japanese entertainment. She was loved by kings, princes, military heroes, and wealthy statesmen alike. But even though she became one of the most prized geishas in Japan's history, Iwasaki wanted more: her own life. And by the time she retired at age twenty-nine, Iwasaki was finally on her way toward a new beginning. Geisha, a Life is her story -- at times heartbreaking, always awe-inspiring, and totally true. - Publisher."@en
  • "Een voormalige top-geisha verhaalt over haar langdurige opleiding en over haar ervaringen tijdens haar werk."
  • "A Kyoto geisha describes her initiation into an okiya at the age of four, the intricate training that made up most of her education, her successful career, and the traditions surrounding the geisha culture."@en

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  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Erlebnisbericht"
  • "Biography"@en
  • "Biography"
  • "Autobiografies"
  • "Autobiographie"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Herinneringen (vorm)"

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  • "Настоящие мемуары гейши : [автобиографический роман]"
  • "Die wahre Geschichte der Geisha"
  • "Hastoiashchie memuary geishi"
  • "Mijn leven als geisha : autobiografie"
  • "Mijn leven als geisha"
  • "Nastoi︠a︡shchie memuary geĭshi : [avtobiograficheskiĭ roman]"
  • "Die wahre Geschichte der Geisha [Roman]"
  • "Geisha, a life"@en
  • "Geisha, a life"
  • "Geisha a life"
  • "Geisha a life"@en
  • "Zhiznʹ geĭshi"
  • "Die wahre Geschichte der Geisha Roman"
  • "Geisha : a life"
  • "Geisha : a life"@en
  • "Vida de una geisha"
  • "Vida de una geisha"@es
  • "Storia proibita di una geisha"@it
  • "Storia proibita di una geisha"
  • "Nastojašžie Memuarja gejši"
  • "Jaz, gejša"@sl
  • "GEISHA, A LIFE"@en
  • "Vida de una geisha : la verdadera historia"
  • "Vida de una geisha : la verdadera historia"@es
  • "Жизнь гейши"
  • "Geĭsha : zhiznʹ"
  • "Ma vie de geisha"
  • "Die wahre Geschichte der Geisha : Roman"
  • "Nastoi︠a︡shchie memuary geĭshi"

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