![]() In a recent interview here and in a lawsuit she filed in federal court in Manhattan, she said that by using her name, despite what she claims was an agreement to keep her identity secret, Mr. Iwasaki has said that she regrets divulging her history to Mr. Golden acknowledged at the end that he was ''indebted to one individual above all others, Mineko Iwasaki.'' He wrote that ''she patiently answered all my questions about the ritual of a geisha's life in intimate detail.'' ![]() The novel, an account of a young girl sold into the geisha world who overcomes the animosity of a rival geisha and becomes one of Kyoto's most luminous geishas, has sold four million copies in English and has been translated into 32 languages. Golden's 1997 best-selling book, ''Memoirs of a Geisha,'' is based in part on what Ms. Iwasaki said, she invited him to stay at her home for two weeks while she disclosed the intimate details of her geisha life. Golden would write an accurate account of her profession, Ms. He was researching a book on geishas and wanted her help.Ĭonvinced that Mr. In 1992 Mineko Iwasaki was a retired geisha living quietly with her husband and daughter in the hills of Kyoto when a young American author named Arthur Golden called upon her with an unusual request. ![]()
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