Geisha of Gion: The Memoir of Mineko Iwasaki Sociology But when her investigations questioned

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Geisha of Gion: The Memoir of Mineko Iwasaki Sociology But when her investigations questionedBook Title: Geisha Of Gion P ISBN: 9781471195105 By Author(s): MINEKO IWASAKI By Publisher: SIMON & SCHUSTER UK Format: PB 'I can identify the exact moment when things began to change. It was a cold winter afternoon. I had just turned three.' Emerging shyly from her hiding place, Mineko encounters Madam Oima, the formidable proprietress of a prolific geisha house in Gion.