Who are the Geisha?
Are they artists?
Escorts?
How are they viewed in Japan?
How do you become one?
Do they even still exist?
These are just some of the questions asked about Geisha, especially since the 1997 bestseller, 'Memoirs of a Geisha', and its 2005 film adaptation, both of which were very well received... except, it seems, by the Geisha themselves!
Though a historical fiction, the novel aimed to be a culturally accurate depiction of the Geisha.
Yet it does not tell the whole story.
The Japanese Geisha have been deliberately shrouded in myth and mystery for virtually their entire history.
