Here you can find a list of all the reviews I’ve made over time. Want to be one of the first to know when a new one drops? Go follow me on Instagram, were I post everytime something new comes out!
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Review of William D. Johnston’s Geisha, Harlot, Strangler, Star
Overall Accessibility Fun Reliability The Author William D. Johnston was surprisingly difficult to track down—turns out, his name is quite common! But after some digging, I found that he was a professor of history at Wesleyan University for 36 years. He holds a BA from Elmira College and an MA and PhD from Harvard. His
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Review of Dr. Jan Bardsley’s Maiko Masquerade
Overall Accessibility Fun Reliability The Author Dr. Jan Bardsley is a scholar of Japanese language and literature and professor emerita of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at UNC Chapel Hill. She has spent over twenty years studying Japanese women, particularly maiko, and has published extensively on the topic. Her long-standing expertise and numerous teaching awards
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Review of Lesley Downer’s Women of the Pleasure Quarters
Overall Accessibility Fun Reliability Lesley Downer is a journalist (and historian, though she doesn’t mention whether she is educated or a hobbyist) with an interest in all things Japan. She has written many historical novels set in Japan, some of which I intend to review! Yet, as “Women of the Pleasure Quarters” is a testament
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Review of Liza Dalby’s Geisha
Overall Accessibility Fun Reliability Liza Dalby is an American anthropologist, specializing in Japan and its culture. She has published several books on the topic, including historical fiction. The part of Dalby’s life we are mostly interested in for the purposes of this review is her time as a geisha apprentice. In 1975 Dalby went to