Geisha, 25th Anniversary Edition, Updated Edition
Review “Provides an important window on the arts practiced by geisha, a history of their profession, and their reception in modern Japan through the mid-1970s.” ― Southeast Review Of Asian Stds Published On: 2009-01-01 In this classic best seller, Liza Dalby, the first non-Japanese ever to have trained as a geisha, offers an insider's look at the exclusive world of female companions to the Japanese male elite. A new preface examines how geisha have been profoundly affected by...
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"Dalby knows more about the subject than I'll ever know, and she writes about it with grace and eloquence."—Arthur Golden, author of Memoirs of a Geisha Rachel Taylor With sharp insight into Japanese social customs, she describes a lifestyle that no other Westerner has experienced.... — Brill's Content
Preface: Geisha and AnthropologyPreface: Twenty-Four Years LaterPt. 1Relations1Sisters32Kyoto173Ties that Bind354Pontocho of Long Ago495Geisha Renovation776The Beginning of Things977Generations1198Geisha Parties139Pt. 2Variations9The Elusive Geisha16510The Rise of Akasaka17711Downtown Geisha19112Art and Life21113Country Geisha229Pt. 3Sensibilities14Three Strings25115Geisha Chic26916Kimono28117Exotics and Retrospectives303Notes314Glossary329Bibliography337Index341
\ Rachel TaylorWith sharp insight into Japanese social customs, she describes a lifestyle that no other Westerner has experienced.... — Brill's Content\ \ \ \ \ Heather HarlanMore than just a history and analysis of geisha as a unique social phenomenon, Geisha is also a personal account of [the author's] relationships with these women and the closed society she shared with them for a while as their "sister and daughter."\ — AsianWeek\ \ \ San Francisco Chronicle Book ReviewAn engrossing account of a society shrouded by centuries of mystery....Dalby brings us the real women behind the white face paint and silk kimonos. Her patient exploration of the nuances and ambivalences inherent in geisha life leaves the reader with a new understanding, and respect, for these hardworking often lonely...curators of tradition....She has given us an unprecendented perspective on a fascinating society.\ \ \ \ \ Donald RichThe authoritative work on the geisha.\ — The New York Times Book Review\ \ \ \ \ Rachel TaylorWith sharp insight into Japanese social customs, she describes a lifestyle that no other Westerner has experienced....\ — Brill's Content\ \ \ \ \ San Francisco Chronicle Book ReviewAn engrossing account of a society shrouded by centuries of mystery....Dalby brings us the real women behind the white face paint and silk kimonos. Her patient exploration of the nuances and ambivalences inherent in geisha life leaves the reader with a new understanding, and respect, for these hardworking often lonely...curators of tradition....She has given us an unprecendented perspective on a fascinating society.\ \ \ \ \ Lesley Downer[The book] is a meticulously researched work of scholarship, but is also a delightfully personal account fo Dalby's year among the Geisha...the bible of Geisha studies to this day.\ —Times Literary Supplement\ \
