Geisha: beyond the painted smile

Why do geisha exist? / Arthur Golden

I: Understanding geisha

A world behind closed doors / Lesley Downer

Identifying geisha in art and life: is she really a geisha? / Andrew L. Maske

II: Confronting the image

First encounters

emerging stereotypes: westerners and geisha in the late nineteenth century / Allen Hockley

The exotic geisha / Liza Dalby

The floating world today: photographs by Yoko Yamamoto text by Andrew L. Maske

III: Living art

Performance and play: the art and accomplishments of geisha / Andrew L. Maske

Geisha to the fore: Niwaka festivals and the new luminaries of Edo / Money L. Hickman

Geisha on stage and screen / Peter M. Grilli.