Episode 21 - Memoir of a Geisha

 

In this week's episode of the Historian's Movie Review Nate is back of a long hiatus, and he looks at the 2005 film Memoir of a Geisha.

Topics discussed include Geisha culture: how one becomes a Geisha, what their training is like, and what their day to day life is like.

 

Notes:

John Gallagher, Geisha: A Unique World of Tradition, Elegance and Art

Introduction of Tea to Japan

Intro and Outro Music - springtide, "Teahouse and Bamboo"