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Mineko Iwasaki (岩崎 峰子/岩崎 究香, Iwasaki Mineko, born Masako Tanaka (田中 政子), 2 November 1949) is a Japanese businesswoman, author and former geisha. Iwasaki was the most famous geisha in Japan until her sudden retirement at the age of 29.
Mineko Iwasaki, former high-ranking Gion geisha, detailed her experience of mizuage in her autobiography, Geisha, a Life.Describing her experience of graduation to geishahood with the term mizuage, Iwasaki described her experience as a round of formal visits to announce her graduation, including the presentation of gifts to related geisha houses and important patrons, and a cycle through five ...
In her book, Geisha, A Life, Kyoto geisha Mineko Iwasaki claimed to have had a long time affair with Katsu, whom she calls by his given name, Toshio. The affair ended in 1976, and eventually the two became good friends until his death. [citation needed]
Memoirs of a Geisha is a historical fiction novel by American author Arthur Golden, published in 1997.The novel, told in first person perspective, tells the story of Nitta Sayuri and the many trials she faces on the path to becoming and working as a geisha in Kyoto, Japan, before, during and after World War II.
In her autobiography Geisha, a Life (also known as Geisha of Gion), published in 2002, Mineko Iwasaki claims to be the first geisha to come forward to tell her story. [6] Many scholars echo this claim despite the fact that Masuda's work was published 45 years before Iwasaki's. [7] [8]
Mineko (written: 峰子, 美猫 or 美音子) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: Mineko Grimmer (born 1949), Japanese sound artist; Mineko Iwasaki (岩崎 峰子, born 1949), Japanese businesswoman and writer; Mineko Nishikawa (仁支川 峰子, born 1958), Japanese actress and singer
Iwasaki (岩崎 or 岩﨑, "rock peninsula") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: ... Mineko Iwasaki (岩崎峰子, 岩崎究香), Retired ...
She is also president of East West Communications, a company that facilitates cultural understanding between Japan and the United States. A well-known translator of Japanese spiritual and cultural texts, Rande co-authored the New York Times bestseller Geisha, A Life with Mineko Iwasaki (Atria, 2002). Rande is also a founding board member of the ...