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M maiko (舞子) - an apprentice geisha. Mameha - the famous geisha that helps Chiyo to eventually become the geisha Sayuri. She was an apprentice under the geisha Mametsuki, who was also famous in her own right in the late 1800s. She became very popular in the 1920s when she was photographed for the Japan Travel Bureau's first international advertising campaign in front of the Toji Temple in Kyoto. Charlie Chaplin, Sun Yat-Sen, Thomas Mann, and Ernest Hemmingway were all clients of hers. During World War II, she worked as a nurse's assistant in a hospital in the Fukui prefecture. Mametsuki - Mameha's older sister. She had an affair with the Prime Minister of Japan shortly before World War I. Mann, Thomas - a Nobel Prize winning German author. He wrote political warnings against the Weimar Republic and other fiction. For more information, please visit this website. Matsudaira, Koichi - Mameha owns a calligraphy poem of his. It hangs in her alcove. The Baron dislikes it. Matsunaga, Tsuneyoshi (Baron) - Mameha's danna, often referred to as "the Baron." He lives in Tokyo and has two geisha mistresses. He molests Sayuri and gives her a kimono gift. He also technically wins the bidding war for Sayuri's mizuage, but Mameha lets the bid fall to Dr. Crab instead because she is hurt: Mameha's mizuage sold for 7,000-8,000 yen, whereas Sayuri's sells for 11,500 yen. He kills himself at the end of World War II after his titles are stripped from him. Mayuri - a name that Hatsumomo invents for a story about an apprentice geisha who flashed her private parts to a driver after being blown away by the wind. The name is supposed to make the audience think of Sayuri, whose name rhymes with Mayuri. The name is an attempt to embarrass Sayuri. Michizono - a geisha who tells Nobu the identity of Sayuri's danna after Nobu gets her drunk. Minamiza Theatre - a famous theatre in Kyoto where Kabuki plays were often performed. It is located in Tominaga-cho. Dr. Miura - the doctor for the town of Yoroido. He informs Satsu and Chiyo's father, Minoru Sakamoto, that his second wife and mother of his two daughters will be dying soon. He had reportedly studied in Tokyo and knew more kanji than anyone else in the village. Miyagawa-cho - an alley in Kyoto that is lined on both sides with many teahouses and is still crafted in traditional Japanese architectural style. It is in south Kyoto, near Gion. Miyagiyama - a sumo wrestler whom Nobu really admires. He is the one who uses the hataki komi technique to beat his opponent in the ring and gives Mameha an idea about how to destroy Hatsumomo. mizuage (水上げ) - literally translates as "rising water," but really means virginity. geisha auction off their virginity to the highest bidder. Mizuki Teahouse - a teahouse that Hatsumomo and other geisha entertain at. It is Hatsumomo's primary teahouse. The mistress of the Mizuki Teahouse hates Hatsumomo so much that she tells clients who inquire about Hatsumomo's danna status that Hatsumomo is already taken, forcing Hatsumomo to have a much lower income than geisha with danna. Teacher Mizumi - the shamisen teacher at the school Pumpkin and Chiyo attend as children. Morgan, George - Married the famous geisha Yuki Kato when she was only 14 years of age. Shortly after their marriage they moved to France, where they lived out their life together until he died in 1915 of a heart attack. Afterward, she was forced to move back to Japan (Kyoto) because of issues with her citizenship abroad. The nephew of J. Piermont (John Piermont Morgan), he was wealthy enough to afford to pay off all of Yuki's debts and buy her freedom for her marriage, a sum of about $20,000. Murasaki, Shikibu - author of the famous Japanese novel, The Tale of Genji. Mameha portrays her in the Festival of the Ages. return to the encyclopedia |
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