Madame Sadayakko: The Geisha Who Bewitched the West

Madame Sadayakko: The Geisha Who Bewitched the West image
ISBN-10:

1592400051

ISBN-13:

9781592400058

Author(s): DOWNER, Lesley
Released: Mar 10, 2003
Publisher: Gotham
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
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Description:

The author of Women of the Pleasure Quarters shares the story of the famous geisha whose life inspired Puccini's Madame Butterfly, from her training and participation in secret geisha traditions to her defection from her lucrative career to marry the penniless actor and political maverick Otojiro Kawakami and her rise to international celebrity. 25,000 first printing.


























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