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Memoirs of a Geisha is a novel by Arthur Golden, published in 1997. The novel, told in first person perspective, tells the fictional story of a geisha working in Kyoto, Japan, before and after World War II.
The novel is narrated from the point of view of Sayuri Nitta, a retired geisha in her 70s, living in the Waldorf Towers in New York City. She is interviewed by Jakob Haarhuis, a professor at New York University. Professor Haarhuis is credited as the story's translator, although he is a fictional character himself. (This is apparently a reference to the fact that Golden interviewed a retired geisha as part of his research for the novel.) The story is told in flashback format with continuous references to the time between Sayuri's career and the time she is being interviewed. She also periodically explains different aspects of geisha life.
Sayuri recalls her early childhood as Sakamoto Chiyo, a young girl growing up in the poor fishing village of Yoroido. Along with her older sister Satsu, she is sold into a life of servitude by her elderly father and dying mother when she is nine years old, with the assistance of Mr. Tanaka, the owner of a seafood company in the nearby town of Senzuru.
Chiyo finds Satsu and the two work out a plan to run away together Chiyo is henceforth destined for a life of servitude to the okiya as a maid.
One day while crying in the street, the young Chiyo is noticed by a passerby, Chairman Iwamura Ken, who gives her his handkerchief with some money to buy an iced snow-cone.
Early in Chiyo's teenage years, Mameha, one of the top geisha in Kyoto at the time, convinces Mother to continue Chiyo's training as a geisha. Chiyo becomes the "little sister" of Mameha. Under Mameha's tutelage, the girl Chiyo becomes the apprentice geisha Sayuri. Hatsumomo uses her considerable influence to attempt to sabotage Sayuri's career, and at first it appears as though she will be successful.
Her plan centers around a man, Nobu Toshikazu, who happens to be President of the company owned by the Chairman, the very object of Sayuri's affection. By feigning affection for Nobu, whom Hatsumomo finds repulsive. Nobu is close friends with the Chairman, and his desire for Sayuri effectively eliminates any chance at happiness as the Chairman's mistress. Further complicating matters is the fact that the Chairman appears not to recognize Sayuri, and although he treats her with kindness, he pays her little extra attention.
Meanwhile, her growing success impacts the careers and lives of Hatsumomo and her "little sister" Pumpkin. Hatsumomo tries to sabotage Sayuri's career, but her bitterness and jealousy ends up destroying her own.

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