Autobiography of a Geisha

This autobiography offers a rare look into the lives of hot-springs-resort geisha, a world often overshadowed by the more glamorous image of their big-city counterparts. It reveals the harsh realities faced by young women indentured into geisha houses due to desperate poverty. Their lives were marked by a lack of freedom and identity, existing in a world of sex for sale without the usual trappings of wealth or celebrity.