#mrtanaka

[memoirsofmorality]

It’s true that up until this time in my life Mr. Tanaka had brought be nothing but suffering; but he also changed my horizons forever.

Golden, 105

Golden, Arthur. Memoirs of a Geisha: A Novel. Vintage Contemporaries ed. New York: Vintage, 1999. Print.

[memoirsofmorality]

…the involuntary abduction of little girls into the geisha world is a variant of sex slavery. Recruitment of children for the purpose of sexual exploitation and slave labour cannot be justified by cultural relativism because slavery in any form is a universal crime

Tiefenbrun, 461

Tiefenbrun, Susan. "The Japanese Culture: A Study of the Fictional Life of a Geisha." Decoding International Law: Semiotics and the Humanities. New York: Oxford UP, 2010. 459-522. Print.

[memoirsofmorality]

Mr. Tanaka has a complicated backstory that can be sympathized with but ultimately, he sold both of the children into complicated lives of entertaining men and effectively separated Sayuri from her entire family.