num_pages: 321
description: The author of Women of the Pleasure Quarters shares the story of the famous geisha whose life inspired Puccini's Madame Butterfly, from her training and participation in secret geisha traditions to her defection from her lucrative career to marry the penniless actor and political maverick Otojiro Kawakami and her rise to international celebrity. 25,000 first printing.
language: English
title: Madame Sadayakko: The Geisha Who Bewitched the West
titlecomplete: Madame Sadayakko: The Geisha Who Bewitched the West
genres: Asian Literature, 20th Century, Biography, Japan, History, Historical, Asia, Nonfiction, Biography Memoir, Cultural
ratings_count: 624
publisher: Gotham