The Floating World

When she is ten years old, Ichiume is sold to a geisha house by her widowed mother. Six years later, her geisha mistress forces her to go through the ceremony of Mizuage; her virginity will ... Read allWhen she is ten years old, Ichiume is sold to a geisha house by her widowed mother. Six years later, her geisha mistress forces her to go through the ceremony of Mizuage; her virginity will be sold to the highest bidder. Ichiume runs away rather than be forced to be with a strang... Read allWhen she is ten years old, Ichiume is sold to a geisha house by her widowed mother. Six years later, her geisha mistress forces her to go through the ceremony of Mizuage; her virginity will be sold to the highest bidder. Ichiume runs away rather than be forced to be with a stranger. But when she returns to her childhood home, it is abandoned. Ichiume decides to go bac... Read all