Japanese Geisha Scandals | Human Voiced, No Ads

00:00:00 Intro and Welcome 00:01:15 Early Edo-Era Controversies 00:10:15 Love and Politics in Late Edo 00:16:37 Scandal in the Meiji Era 00:31:49 Scandals of the 1930s 00:41:15 Postwar Reputation of Geisha 00:47:08 Scandals in the Postwar Era 01:00:01 Surviving Scandals and Speaking Out Join this channel to get access to perks:    / @asmr_historian   Support the channel on Patreon:   / asmrhistorian   Merch: https://histmerch.shop/ Sources and Further Reading Szczepanski, 2025, Japanese Geisha. Schroeder, 2002, Where the Barbarians First Landed. Strusiewicz, 2024, The Story of Okoi: Modern Japan’s Most Famous Geisha. Schoenberger, 1989, Geisha Affair Sends Scandal-Ridden Regime Reeling. Blustein, 1989, The Geisha Who Jolted Japan’s Numero Uno. Al Jazeera (Staff), 2004, Former geisha’s memoirs rivet Japan. Johnston, 2004, Geisha, Harlot, Strangler, Star: A Woman, Sex, and Morality in Modern Japan. Harris (ed. M.E. Cosenza), 1930, The Complete Journal of Townsend Harris. Tsuji, 2004, Passion: The Geisha Who Captured Tanaka. Oskow, 2022, Abuse in the Geisha World: Former Maiko Speaks Out. Information sourced from Wiki, Gutenburg, JSTOR, primary and secondary sources. All information is congruent with archaeological and history evidence at the time of recording.