Comments on Floating Along...: The glittering world of the Japanese courtesan?

Hi Blackswan,I love how we can find all sorts of i...

2009-03-28T03:02:00.000Z

Hi Blackswan,

I love how we can find all sorts of interesting new blogs through the Women's Blogger Directory. It's great.

I've seen Memoirs of a Geisha but haven't read the book yet... are there a lot of differences between the two?

Maiko for the day... that must have been exciting! Do you have photos?

Thank you for saying such nice things about my blog :o)

All the best,

Gina

初めまして。Hey, love your beautiful template, the pictu...

2009-03-24T11:01:00.000Z

初めまして。
Hey, love your beautiful template, the pictures on your blog, the write-ups etc, etc. Glad I found u @ the Women's Blogger Directory!

Reading this post reminds me of "Memoirs of Geisha". Adore the book but not so much the movie tho. In fact, I made a trip to Kyoto right after reading the book just to be Maiko for a day :)

Thks for sharing & I've enjoyed reading!　宜しく

Blackswan,
http://luxuryhaven.blogspot.com

Those of the highest rank (tayû prior to 1761 and ...

2009-02-23T23:15:00.000Z

Those of the highest rank (tayû prior to 1761 and yobidashi from that point on) didn't have to sit in the latticed cages... the ranks beneath them, though still high, such as the zashikimochi (a rank from which the women were eventually also called oiran), were required to.

They weren't the only women with an education, but in some respects they were certainly better off than other women, wives for example. Money... well, they were in so much debt that no matter how much they earned they'd still not have any.

Women didn't have a very good time of it anywhere at that time really did they... I imagine they made the best of what they had to work with.

I don't know the poem... but I'm going to look it up.

did even the orian have to display themselves in t...

2009-02-23T22:56:00.000Z

did even the orian have to display themselves in that way?

such a moral quandry, looking back--weren't they the only women with any money, any education?

i did a series on this, focussing on japan, france, and the US; i camew up with the conclusion that much the same situation existed everywhere.

do you know cathy song's poem 'beauty and sadness'?

Yes Marie, this is the one... isn't it lovely. I d...

2009-02-23T22:02:00.000Z

Yes Marie, this is the one... isn't it lovely. I did a little dance when that auction ended :o)

Would this be the postcard that you won on ebay?:)...

2009-02-23T21:55:00.000Z

Would this be the postcard that you won on ebay?:)Marvelous!

Hi Russell,Please do link away! I'm glad you find ...

2009-02-23T15:27:00.000Z

Hi Russell,

Please do link away! I'm glad you find my blog interesting.

Every good wish,

Gina

I am an adjunct at Flagler College in St. Augustin...

2009-02-23T15:23:00.000Z

I am an adjunct at Flagler College in St. Augustine Florida and would like to add a link, with credit, to your blog, I find the subject and your coverage exceptionally interesting thank you.