Too many secrets surround the word “geisha”… The story of Mineko Iwasaki, one of Japan’s most legendary geisha, is intended to show European and American readers what this unique profession really is. Mineko Iwasaki speaks to the reader sincerely about all the twists and turns of her life, from the time when at six years old she was sent to be raised in a traditional geisha house in Kyoto—until she returned to her parents only once, to say goodbye to her dying father, and through to happy old age with her daughter and beloved husband.