![]() ![]() In 2003, Golden’s published settled out of court with Iwasaki. She faced a lot backlash and even received death threats because of Golden’s actions. Iwasaki sued Arthur Golden for breach of contract and defamation because he had agreed to protect her anonymity but he listed Iwasaki as a source in the acknowledgement for the novel. She went on to say that she didn’t like how Golden portrayed geisha in his novel. ![]() The original geisha that Golden used for background information, Mineko Iwasaki, wrote her own novel which was very different from Golden’s novel. But even then, this book exaggerates the life of a geisha. While the novel is fiction, Golden did interview a geisha for background information. Through Choyo’s eyes, we get a first hand account of the wild life of a geisha and more interestingly, Choyo’s. ![]() They are summoned and dine with the upper echelon of Japan. And we are shown how influential and popular geisha are in Japan. As Choyo is raised to be geisha, we are shown the rituals she has to follow. ![]()
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