AROUND WHAT AGE WAS THE CHAIRMAN WHEN HE WAS MARRIED?
22 YEARS OLD
100
How did Hatsumomo keep finding Mameha and Sayuri in whichever Teahouse they visited?
Hatsumomo bribed one maid in every first-class teahouse in Gion. They were asked to call Yoko whenever Mameha came to a party.
100
WHEN WAS THE FIRST TIME SAYURI TRAVELLED OUTSIDE OF GION?
They went to Kobe, where Mameha cut the ribbon for a new factory, they accompanied president of Nippon Telephone & Telegraph on a tour of Kyoto in a limousine.
200
WHAT IS A TAKAMAKURA?
“Tall pillow”. Used to cradle neck, packed with wheat chaff.
200
WHAT IS PUMPKIN'S GEISHA NAME?
HATSUMIYO
200
WHAT IS HATSUMOMO'S BOYFRIEND'S NAME AND WHAT WAS HIS OCCUPATION?
KOICHI-SAN WAS A CHEF AT A NEARBY NOODLE RESTAURANT
200
DESCRIBE THE PROCEDURE OF THE CEREMONY OF WHEN CHIYO AND MAMEHA BECAME SISTERS.
A MAID BROUGHT OUT 3 SAKE CUPS. CHIYO TOOK 3 SIPS FROM A CUP AND PASSED IT OVER TO MAMEHA WHO TAKES 3 SIPS AS WELL
300
WHAT IS AN OKOBO?
TALL WOODEN SHOES FOR APPRENTICE GEISHA
300
What is the name of the company the Chairman worked before he started his own company?
BONUS: WHAT WAS HIS OCCUPATION?
Osaka Electric
BONUS ANSWER: Supervising the crew that installed wiring for machinery at factories in the area.
300
WHAT DOES THE WORD "GEISHA" MEAN?
"ARTIST" OR "ARTISAN"
The "gei" in geisha means "art"
300
How is Sayuri more like Hatsumomo than she would like to believe?
Both appear to be different from the outside, hiding their true intentions and motives on the inside.
Both are conniving, devious, and evil (but not to the same degree).
400
WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF THE NAME "SAYURI"?
“Sa”- meaning “together”,
“yu” from zodiac sign for Hen- in order to balance other elements in personality
“ri” meaning “understanding”
400
WHAT IS SATSU'S PROSTITUTE NAME?
YUKIYO
400
WHAT ARE THE 5 CLASSES CHIYO HAS EVERYDAY IN SCHOOL?
Drums
Flute
Shamisen
Singing
Tea Ceremony.
400
What type of relationship/bond did Sauyri and Nobu share?
En- Karmic bond lasting a lifetime
500
WHAT IS KUROYAKI?
Kuroyaki- “Char-black”, sort or perfume made by charring wood and grinding it into soft gray dust
500
WHAT IS MOTHER'S REAL NAME?
KAYOKO
500
Noh is an ancient art, always patronized by the Imperial Court. Dancers in Gion consider their art superior to what other form of art?
The school of dance practiced in the Pontocho district across river derives from Kabuki.
Kabuki is a form of art which is relatively young and didn't exist in the 1700s
500
WHAT WAS THE FIRST EVENT SAYURI EVER ATTENDED?
IT WAS A FORMAL BANQUET AT THE KANSAI INTERNATIONAL HOTEL