Why do geisha exist? / Arthur Golden
A world behind closed doors / Lesley Downer
Identifying geisha in art and life: is she really a geisha? / Andrew L. Maske
II: Confronting the image
emerging stereotypes: westerners and geisha in the late nineteenth century / Allen Hockley
The exotic geisha / Liza Dalby
The floating world today: photographs by Yoko Yamamoto text by Andrew L. Maske
Performance and play: the art and accomplishments of geisha / Andrew L. Maske
Geisha to the fore: Niwaka festivals and the new luminaries of Edo / Money L. Hickman
Geisha on stage and screen / Peter M. Grilli.