![]() “We don’t become geisha because we want our lives to be happy we become geisha because we have no choice.” ― Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a GeishaĪll her plans are foiled by the clever Sayuri and wise Mameha who now manages to negotiate a bidding on 15,000 Yen for her Mizsuage – highest ever for a Geisha. Hatsumomo now takes to stalking Sayuri and Mameha from one tea house to another and spreads gossip about Sayuri’s character to dissuade bidders on her mizsuage (virginity). She is suddenly the most sought after Geisha, much to Hatsumomo’s grief. She re-names her Sayuri and her debut is flawless and marvelled by all. Somehow Mameha undertakes Chiyo’s training as a Geisha after negotiating a wager with her Okiya Mother. “He was like a song I’d heard once in fragments but had been singing in my mind ever since.”― Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha The coins were enough to buy rice and fish for a month but Chiyo gives them away in prayer as she longs to be a Geisha now and enter the world of her handsome saviour. He wipes her tears and gives her his handkerchief and some money. Pumpkin, the other trainee in the Okiya is taken under her wing by Hatsumomo who is now sure that Chiyo’s fate is doomed.Ĭhiyo happens to meet a kind handsome stranger who buys her sweet ice in an attempt to cheer her up. Chiyo is beaten up and her status in the Okiya changes from trainee to maid as she is now in a huge debt with the mother of the Okiya. She tricks her into ruining an expensive Kimono belonging to a famous Geisha – Mameha who incidentally is Hatsumomo’s rival. The main Geisha of the Okiya – Hatsumomo, takes an intense dislike to this grey-eyed beauty and spares no effort to persecute her. Chiyo is miserable and tries to escape to be with her sister but ends up breaking her arm. He later went onto work in Tokyo Japan for a short stint, before returning to the US.ĩ-year-old Chiyo and her older sister Satsu Sakamato are taken away from their home in a small fishing village and sold off to different Okiya in the Gion district of Kyoto, Japan. xenial relationship xenial customs ( as per Webster) Title: Memoirs of a Geisha Author: Arthur Golden Genre: Fiction Publication: Vintage BooksĪrthur Golden studied Art History, specialising in Japanese arts at the Harvard College and anchored that up with Masters degree from the Columbia University in Japanese History. ![]() ![]() Definition of xenial : of, relating to, or constituting hospitality or relations between host and guest and especially among the ancient Greeks between persons of different cities. ![]()
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