Memoirs of Geisha
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
MAIN CONTEXT The Memoirs of a Geisha is a story of girl named Chiyo. Together with her sister Satsu, they were sold to slavery to pay the debts of their parents. They were sent to an Okiya (geisha house) but Satsu was not accepted so they parted ways. She was a slave of a geisha in the Okiya. But after six years she was sent to a geisha school and changed the name from Chiyo to Sayuri, to be trained with the support of a successful geisha Mameha, and making a lot of enemies in the process. While still a child, Chiyo falls in love with The Chairman since they had met and gave her snow ice cream and a penny, and wiped her tears with his handkerchief. In the post-World War II, they meet each other, in a period of changes in Japan with the occupying American forces and the country completely destroyed.
IMPLICATIONS TO ECONOMY The main character Sayuri was forced to leave the Gion district of Kyoto because of World War II. Not only did she and other prominent geisha have to leave, but ordinary civilians left because the war had begun to ruin the city. As usual, the war put a strain on Japan economically. Therefore, the people of Kyoto basically had to start their lives over because the war had taken away everything. The business owners, The Chairman and Nobu, lost their businesses and began to depend on the intruding Americans to help them rebuild their lifestyles. Because they depended on the Americans at this point, Sayuri was able to leave hiding and return as a geisha. Only, the world had changed tremendously and the real meaning of a geisha had been altered. Since then, the impression of a geisha has been known as a prostitute because of the many women who took advantage of the real geisha being away during the war.
IMPLICATIONS TO POLITICAL
IMPLICATIONS TO SOCIO-CULTURAL
GEISHA SCHOOL: drink sake, sleep until noon, wear kimono, a geisha needs an elegant wardrobe just like an artist needs ink. If shes not properly dressed, she is not
MAIN CONTEXT The Memoirs of a Geisha is a story of girl named Chiyo. Together with her sister Satsu, they were sold to slavery to pay the debts of their parents. They were sent to an Okiya (geisha house) but Satsu was not accepted so they parted ways. She was a slave of a geisha in the Okiya. But after six years she was sent to a geisha school and changed the name from Chiyo to Sayuri, to be trained with the support of a successful geisha Mameha, and making a lot of enemies in the process. While still a child, Chiyo falls in love with The Chairman since they had met and gave her snow ice cream and a penny, and wiped her tears with his handkerchief. In the post-World War II, they meet each other, in a period of changes in Japan with the occupying American forces and the country completely destroyed.
IMPLICATIONS TO ECONOMY The main character Sayuri was forced to leave the Gion district of Kyoto because of World War II. Not only did she and other prominent geisha have to leave, but ordinary civilians left because the war had begun to ruin the city. As usual, the war put a strain on Japan economically. Therefore, the people of Kyoto basically had to start their lives over because the war had taken away everything. The business owners, The Chairman and Nobu, lost their businesses and began to depend on the intruding Americans to help them rebuild their lifestyles. Because they depended on the Americans at this point, Sayuri was able to leave hiding and return as a geisha. Only, the world had changed tremendously and the real meaning of a geisha had been altered. Since then, the impression of a geisha has been known as a prostitute because of the many women who took advantage of the real geisha being away during the war.
IMPLICATIONS TO POLITICAL
IMPLICATIONS TO SOCIO-CULTURAL
GEISHA SCHOOL: drink sake, sleep until noon, wear kimono, a geisha needs an elegant wardrobe just like an artist needs ink. If shes not properly dressed, she is not