Essays on Geisha

Compare and contrast courtesans in Renaissance Italy, Japan, and India

A courtesan originally means a courtier, a person who takes care of the powerful people in society. There are two traditions of courtesan, which include honest courtesan and the lower class of courtesan. The honest courtesan was portrayed as an intellectual and was often treated and romanticized almost like the women of the nobility. The art of courtisanerie is mainly associated with honest courtesan. They were well educated even than the upper classiest women, which made them hold careers such as artists and performers. They were chosen depending on the social and communication skills as well as their physical appearance. Therefore, ...

[Institution Title] The different social structure theories perceives that societal, financial, and social arrangements or social structures are among the prime cause of deviant and criminal behaviors. Given this effect, it has been significantly noted that because of this society is placed at the mercy of it these institutions to help preserve order and help protect the integrity of man’s basic human rights. Many believed that crimes had only been conceptualized when the world began embracing “order” and started formulating social institutions in the likes of government and trade. While these institutions are believed to be the ...

One of the Four Great Plays of Chikamatsu Monzaemon, the Shinju Ten no Amijima is a sewamono; a type of play whose plot involves common people enduring social and emotional pressures. A true masterpiece and a delight for all the readers, the play captures the human emotions onto paper as if they were real. Other human acts such as debauchery, doubt and fickleness are also vividly expressed by the author himself. The play begins using a third party narrative. “The ocean cannot be emptied using only a small shijimi shell,” (Chikamatsu, Miyamori and Nichols, 1). Chikamatsu compares the pleasure quarters of Osaka to an ...

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Literature Final Exam

The postwar era in Japan did not usher in an era of radical change in traditions. As a nation known to be keen on preserving their cultural heritage, Japan managed to keep its traditional views intact, particularly in terms of gender. The Japanese has long engendered a patriarchal society, where men enjoy a superior status compared to that of women. The perceived inferior status of women in Japanese society is a recurrent theme in literature, embodied by novels such as Black Rain by Masuji Ibuse and Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata. What prevails between ...

Memoirs of a Geisha, a novel by Arthur Holden, is the story of Chiyo, later known as Sayuri, the main protagonist. At an early age, her parents sold her and her sister Satsu to an okiya, which is a boarding house for geishas, in the district of Gion. However, Chiyo and Satsu were forcibly separated because instead of being accepted into the okiya, Satsu was sent to Kyoto's pleasure district to work as a prostitute. In the okiya, Chiyo meets Pumpkin, a young girl with whom she develops a deep friendship until circumstances changed everything between them; Mother, who runs the okiya and whose only ...

Introduction

I chose this image because it symbolizes important things that are slowly fading in this world such as the interrelationship between humanity and nature, the essence of beauty, and the significance of culture among others. All these symbols, combined with a minimalist use of color and elements, make the image so appealing to me. On a more emotional note, this particular image gives me a feeling of peace. It has a calming factor. Looking at it makes me feel at ease and sentimental thoughts tend to arise. Though not exactly the best or the most unique, this image stirs up special feelings.

Analysis

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Introduction

Japan is a country in South East of Asia with very vast a culture and origins. Entities such as sumo wrestlers weighing 350 pounds, fire-walking ascetics on the streets and young to very old Geishas are unique only in Japan. No matter how hard you look for such things in the western part of the globe, you will surely end up failing because no other place in the world has these kinds of things aside from Japan. Japanland by author Karin Muller is a describing that aims to let the readers obtain a clearer and brighter picture about Japan and what the ...