Geisha in Rivalry
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Geisha in Rivalry (腕くらべ, Ude kurabe, 1916-1917), also translated under the title of Rivalry: A Geisha's Tale, is a novel written by Nagai Kafu about the Tokyo hanamachi (geisha district) of Shimbashi in the early 20th century. First published in Japanese in 1918, the book was first translated into English in 1963.
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Author | Nagai Kafu |
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Original title | 腕くらべ |
Set in | Japan, early 20th century |
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Rivalry aims to capture the lives of Shimbashi geisha at a historically popular time for geisha. The author, Nagai Kafu, worked as an editor of literary magazines before deciding to write novels and investigate Tokyo's geisha world.[1]