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bubblee89 's review for:
Women of the Pleasure Quarters: The Secret History of the Geisha
by Lesley Downer
This is the second time reading Women of the Pleasure Quarters and I really enjoyed all of the wonderful history, as well as the author's personal stories and experiences among the geisha of Kyoto.
Ms. Downer writes such lovely phrases that her writing literally transports you throughout the long and varied history of Japan. From the beginnings of Yoshiwara's regal courtesan, to the mysterious geisha of Kyoto and Tokyo, you get a real sense of their lowly and questionable start, their slow demise, and the possible future that modernization has forced upon them.
Ms. Downer writes such lovely phrases that her writing literally transports you throughout the long and varied history of Japan. From the beginnings of Yoshiwara's regal courtesan, to the mysterious geisha of Kyoto and Tokyo, you get a real sense of their lowly and questionable start, their slow demise, and the possible future that modernization has forced upon them.