Granny adopted Auntie and Mother, raising them in the okiya. Tanaka is an eloquent and naively altruistic man. Thinking he is saving Sayuri and Satsu from a life of poverty, he convinces their father to sell the girls to an okiya and a brothel, respectively.
The elderly, mean-spirited owner of the okiya who raised Mother and Auntie. Granny dies early in the novel after being electrocuted by her electric heater.
A poor fisherman, Sakamoto has a lot of wood in his personality, meaning that he is slow and methodical in his ways. Like Sayuri, Mrs. Sakamoto has a lot of water in her personality. She dies during the war when the Americans bomb the factory at which she works. General Junnosuke Tottori. The potbellied man that Sayuri sleeps with twice a week in exchange for extra rations for the okiya during the war years. Nobu thinks Sayuri dishonors herself by sleeping with such a lowly man. The mischievous daughter of Mr.
Tanaka , who takes Chiyo to spy on Mr. Tanaka when he visits a teahouse. The woman who examines Sayuri and Satsu at the beginning of the novel to determine if they are fit to become geisha. The curt man who transports Satsu and Sayuri to Kyoto. The kimono maker who gives Sayuri a place to live during the war years as a favor to his friend Nobu. The young apprentice who asks Sayuri for help to make Nobu like her more. Chapter 2.
Tanaka asks Tanaka says that Chiyo and Satsu should come to his house the following day for dinner and to meet his daughter, The next day, Satsu and Chiyo meet Mr. Tanaka at the center of the village and climb into his Fidget then tells a confused but obedient Satsu to undress completely. Satsu resists, After dinner, Mr.
Tanaka leaves the house. Chapter 3. He tells her that Mr. Tanaka wants her and Satsu to come down to the village immediately. Chiyo runs home and tells her sister and Feeling confused and scared, Chiyo blames The rickshaw stops and Mr. Bekku instructs Chiyo to get out.
When Satsu tries to get out as well, Mr. Bekku pushes her back into the rickshaw, saying Chiyo finds herself wondering if Satsu is also standing in front of an ugly woman right now. This thought about Satsu Chapter 4. Chiyo thinks that if she finds Satsu , then the two Chiyo pleads with Hatsumomo to tell her what Satsu said, but Hatsumomo responds that Chiyo must first earn the information.
When Chiyo says that At school, Pumpkin takes Chiyo to the classes. In the first class of the day, Chiyo watches as the Chapter 7. Hatsumomo will end up if she gets what she deserves. He is however unable to protect Sayuri when she needs it as he uses the influence he has to protect onother girl. Chyo describes him as loving the sea above all and being a calm man.
He has a girl the same age as Chyo and he is the one who arranged for Chyo and her sister to be sent away. Onother child resulting from the marriage betwen Natsu and Sakamoto Minoru who died at the age of three. While Chyo is sent to a geisha house, she is sent to a pleasure house and becomes a prostitute. She eventually runs away. Though her name is not given, it is said that Chyo resembles her mother, both having unusual grey eyes. When Chyo was seven, her mother grew terribly ill and eventually died shortly after Chyo and her sister were sent away.
Bekku is the one who takes Chyo and her sister away. He also assists geishas when they dress because of the complexity of the Japanese traditional clothes. She is the teacher that teaches shamisen at the geisha school.
Because of her appearance, she receives the nickname, Teacher Mouse. Auntie is a former unsuccessful geisha that lives in the Nitta okyia. She is kind hearted and advices Chyo not to trust Hatsumomo. Nitta is the head of the Nitta okyia and in charge of everything that passes through it. Even after the war forces the geisha district to close down, Mother continues to make good profit through multiple business, showing her true character. Grandmother is another former successful geisha who lives in the Nitta okyia.
She is cruel and her appearance is disfigured because of the make-up used in her geisha days.
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