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sydney30 discovered 17 months ago- It is 1929 in Japan. Before her mother dies, the main character, Sakamoto Chiyo, and her older sister, Satsu, are taken to Gion by Mr. Tanaka. Satsu is sold to a "house of pleasure" as a prostitute, while Chiyo is sold to an okiya, a house for geisha. With her unusual blue-grey eyes, Chiyo is to train to become geisha, but is constantly antagonized by Hatsumomo, the resident (and only) geisha of the Nitta okiya. The arrogant Hatsumomo recognises Chiyo's potential and is upset at any hint of competition. Due to Hatsumomo's machinations, Chiyo is reduced to becoming a maid in the okiya, ostensibly with no future of becoming a geisha.
