The most famous geiko in all of
Japan. She was raised to be the atotori. She had the most publicity, and the most customers. Her yearly salary
broke a record for all the maiko and geiko. Young maiko today call her legend. Mineko-san retired when she was only 29, a shock to everyone around her. She is also know as the geisha, Memoirs of a Geisha is based on. But, Arthur Golden cruelly twisted her story. So, Mineko-san wrote her own memoir, Geisha a Life, also know as Geisha of Gion. Mineko-san lives with her artist
husband in a Kyoto suburb, and the
two have one adult daughter.