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Liza dalby will give a talk called memoirs of an american geisha at 6. I am grateful also to liza dalby, the only american woman ever to become a geisha, and to her excellent book, geisha, an anthropological study of geisha culture, which also recounts her experiences in the pontocho district. In the tale of murasaki, liza dalby has created a breathtaking fictionalized narrative. For her graduate studies, dalby studied and performed fieldwork in japan of the geisha community which she wrote about in her ph. Liza dalby, the blueeyed geisha american anthropologist liza dalby is famous for being the first western woman to have ever trained as a geisha. Dec 10, 2008 in this classic best seller, liza dalby, the first nonjapanese ever to have trained as a geisha, offers an insiders look at the exclusive world of female companions to the japanese male elite. In this classic best seller, liza dalby, the first nonjapanese ever to have trained as a geisha, offers an insiders look at the exclusive world of. Liza crihfield dalby born 1950 is an american anthropologist and novelist specializing in japanese culture. The easiest way to support my work is by contributing via pa. Liza dalby took the name ichigiku and apprenticed in the famed pontocho district, trailing behind older sisters bemused by this longlegged westerner intent on learning their arts and customs.
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