![]() While one considers that the nature of the geisha profession is itself a metaphor on patriarchal Japanese society, there are further incarnations of this cultural paradigm. One of the most pervasive understandings is that the characters in Memoirs of a Geisha are highly influenced by the greatly patriarchal structure of this historical Japanese period. This essay examines how the characters and ideas expressed in the novel are a product of the time and place of the story. Chiyo’s life and development is followed within the historical backdrop of the turbulent 1940s, as she struggles in this cultural climate, before ultimately moving to New York City. In these regards, the text follows the life of a woman born Sakomoto Chiyo as she is sold into a geisha boarding house. The novel is relayed in a first-person perspective of a geisha working in the historical of Japan surrounding World War II. ![]() Memoirs of a Geisha Arthur Golden’s novel Memoirs of a Geisha was written in 1997 and has come to be a heralded work for its exploration of a numberof themes and cultural concerns. ![]()
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