However, it is hinted and implied in the novel that Hatsumomo collapsed into alcoholism, and as Sayuri guesses, was successful in eventually drinking herself to death, presumably dying from the negative effects the alcohol had on her physical health.
The next day Hatsumomo leaves the okiya in a plain cotton dress with her hair completely down. Mother has kicked her out of the okiya because Hatsumomo disgraced herself and the okiya by attacking Shojiro.
Jealous of any geisha who might be prettier than her, Hatsumomo fears that Sayuri will replace her as the most popular geisha in Kyoto. As a result, Hatsumomo tries to ruin Sayuri's career by spreading malicious rumors about her.
The Chairman has secret feelings for Sayuri, which he does not reveal because of his loyalty to Nobu. But when Nobu rejects Sayuri, the Chairman becomes her danna (a man who pays a geisha to be his long-term mistress).
Sayuri's beloved older sister. Since Satsu is not as pretty or as clever as Sayuri, Mr. Tanaka sells her to a brothel instead of an okiya. Satsu despises life as a prostitute, so she runs away to her home village where she reunites with her boyfriend.
For she failed at finding a secure and rich Danna of her very own. This is because a long time ago, Hatsumomo made the terrible mistake of being rude and angering the owner of the Mizuki Teahouse. As a result of her bad behavior, she could never find a Danna as she was banned.
Near the novel's conclusion, we once again get a glimpse of Sayuri's unreliability as a narrator. Sayuri implies that she has given birth to the Chairman's son, though she frames this admission as a rumor, for fear of damaging her son's reputation.
How old is the chairman? / What is the age gap between the chairman and Chiyo “Sayuri”? The chairman met Sayuri when he was 45 years old and she was 9. The age gap is 36 years.
A key moment to understanding Sayuri's feelings is when she mistakes the Chairman for Mr. Tanaka, the man who sold her as a geisha. Mr. Tanaka got Sayuri into the business of being a geisha, and she hopes the Chairman will provide her with a way out.
Sayuri loses her virginity to Dr. Crab, and we talk about the creepy thing he does with her blood in his "Character" page. But once again, for good measure: he keeps it. He soaks it up in a rag, and puts it in a little jar.
In particular, Sayuri's blue-grey eyes are said to reveal the abundant amount of water in her personality. In contrast with the deceptive world of the Geisha, her eyes represent her truthful nature.
While never fully divulged in the film, the novel goes on to explain that Mameha had gone for an abortion at the Baron's request because he already has children with his wife and doesn't want any more.
The Chairman falls in love with Sayuri at that moment because he sees an honest openness in her eyes that is different from the lies and deceit in the rest of the world.
Pumpkin's big moment is when she betrays Sayuri by bringing the Chairman instead of Nobu to "accidentally" see her have sex with the Minister. Sayuri, as Sayuri is prone to do, feels betrayed without ever once thinking about how Pumpkin feels.
A drunk and an uncaring man, he forces Sayuri to undress in front of him so that he can pleasure himself while looking at her in the mirror. He kills himself out of fear that the Americans will win the war and take away his landholdings and title.
Things will never be the same. Sayuri's first plane trip occurs when she goes to a party on an island with Nobu, the Chairman, and a greasy old Minister. Here, Sayuri sleeps with the Minister to stop Nobu from being interested in her.
But because Mameha is not prone to bitterness and jealousy like Hatsumomo, she respects Sayuri and helps her.
At times petty and unforgiving, he ultimately forgoes any relationship, whether romantic or platonic, with Sayuri when he learns that she slept with a piggish man named Sato, whom Nobu thinks is beneath her.
There are so many inaccuracies in the book, she laments. Real geishas don't tie men's shoes--maids do that. Real geishas don't take off from their training. Golden got the organization of the geisha house wrong, and misunderstood the painted smile of the traditional noh dancer, she says.
Ken becomes her danna and Sayuri retires from being geisha. it's revealed that they have an illegitmate son together, she moves from Gion Japan to New York City later in life where she opens a small teahouse to entertain Japanese men on business in The United States from Japan in which Mrs.
Modern geisha mostly still live in okiya they are affiliated with, particularly during their apprenticeship, and are legally required to be registered to one, though they may not live there every day.
After spending some hard years as a prostitute during World War Two, Pumpkin tries to sabotage Sayuri's relationship with the Chairman in order to get back at Sayuri for succeeding where she herself failed.
Nobu is offended when Sayuri takes the General as her danna, but he forgives her because she doesn't have a choice. However, she seduces the Minister to drive Nobu away, and he can't forgive that.
Sayuri peacefully retires from geisha work when the Chairman becomes her danna. Sayuri relocates to New York City and opens her own small tea house for entertaining Japanese men on business in the United States. The Chairman remains her danna until his death.