Geisha: 25th Anniversary Edition, Updated with a New Preface

Author/Contributor(s):	Dalby, Liza
Publisher:	University of California Press
Date:	12/10/2008
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

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 the changes of the past quarter century yet--especially in Kyoto--have managed to take advantage of modern developments to maintain their social position with flair.