Mameha introduces Sayuri is many numerous figures in Gion life and it come to a point where men are fighting for the highest bid on Sayuri's mizuage. Mameha takes a long time to introduce Chiyo-now renamed Sayuri-as her apprentice, but once she does, she is already blessed with fame for being associated with someone of Mameha's class. After more altercations with Hatsumomo, Chiyo is taken under the wing of one of Gion's most popular geisha, Mameha-Hatsumomo's arch-rival as a geisha. The Japanese word "geisha" word geisha is derived from a term referring to art, so a geisha is like an artisan, or an artist. She learns how to conduct the tea ceremony, how to play the shamisen (an instrument like a mini-banjo or mini-acoustic guitar), and-possibly the most important-how to dance. After much work and hardship, Chiyo is allowed to attend the school where young girls are taught all the important practices associated with the life of a geisha. From that point on, Chiyo determines to break free from the social class she was born into and become a geisha worthy of The Chairman. He shows her kindness in a world which has been nothing but cruel to her. This is the first time little Chiyo meets The Chairman. On one particular occasion, crushingly-depressed Chiyo collapses on a bridge in tears, and a high-society passerby stops to talk to and try to comfort her. Together Pumpkin and Chiyo struggle through the daily life of being treated as nothing more than slaves to the resident geisha, Hatsumomo-the story's villain, who tries her hardest to make Chiyo's life as miserable as possible. At the Nitta Okiya Chiyo meets another girl about her age nicknamed Pumpkin. An Okiya is a house (sort of a compound) where a geisha lives. When worse comes to worst for her family, she is sent to the Nitta Okiya while her older sister Satsu is transferred elsewhere. Chiyo, age 9, lives in Yoroido, an impoverished fishing village on Japan's coast.
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