Texas State Museum of Asian Cultures

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• Showing her first book "Geisha Story"
  This book was illustrated with 13 gorgeous pictures of Hakata Ryu floral art, which is beautiful Geisha Hakata dolls placed in the flower arrangement to vivid the scenes along with their stories. This was a unique way to introduce the aesthetics of geisha and their real life.
• With her first book
  The first book, "Geisha Story with doll-and -Flower Arrangements", by Mrs. Chandler was published in 1963. This volume portrays the story of the lives of the Geisha, their true function in Japanese society, and the beloves tales of some famous geishas in Japan. The book also features pictures of Geisha Hakata dolls in settings that suggest the mood of elegance and grace.