“Remember, Chiyo, geisha are not courtesans. And we are not wives. We sell our skills, not our bodies. We create another secret world, a place only of beauty. The very word ‘geisha’ means artist and to be a geisha is to be judged as a moving work of art.”
Geisha are not courtesans… and we are not wives. We sell our skills, not our bodies. We create another secret world — a place only of beauty. The very word ‘geisha’ means ‘artist.’ And to be a geisha is to be judged as a moving work of art.
