The Japanese have been making movies about geishas for years: quiet, contemplative and sad films that ponder the fates of women sold into a life of sexual servitude. Even though they were clearly in ...

In 1992, Mineko Iwasaki was a retired geisha living quietly with her husband and daughter in the hills of Kyoto when a young American author named Arthur Golden called upon her with an unusual request ...

In both the book “Memoirs of a Geisha” and its film adaptation, women fall into two categories: sexy geisha and conniving dragon ladies, two stereotypes about Asian women that linger today. Already ...

A 50-year-old former geisha from Kyoto, Japan, has filed suit against bestselling novelist Arthur Golden, claiming he exploited details of her life in the hugely successful 1997 novel “Memoirs of a ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Geisha seem to provide endless fascination for foreigners, and with good reason. Demireps who hide their faces behind chalk but flaunt ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Memoirs of a Geisha was a popular book; except among geisha. With a film version set for release, Justin McCurry looks behind the ...

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The powerful image of the geisha - scarlet lips across an alabaster-white painted face, a glossy black wig and ornate kimono - has been associated with Japanese culture since the 17th century. Yet, ...