{"id":33873,"date":"2023-03-29T00:13:33","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T21:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/?p=33873"},"modified":"2023-07-09T12:32:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-09T09:32:43","slug":"zhila-byla-v-yaponii-sada-abe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/en\/2023\/03\/29\/zhila-byla-v-yaponii-sada-abe\/","title":{"rendered":"Once upon a time in Japan, there was a Sada Abe"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time<\/span> 7<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

In 1905, the seventh child was born into the family of Shigeyoshi and Katsu Abe – a girl named Sada. As the youngest daughter, Sada was surrounded<\/a> by attention and care from her parents, who indulged her every whim. The girl learned to play the shamisen<\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/span> in order to be like her idols – charming geishas.<\/p>\n

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The main commandment of a geisha is to endlessly please a man without losing dignity.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

However, when Sada was 15 years old, she was raped<\/a> at a friend\u2019s house. It turned her whole life upside down. Sada turned into an uncontrollable<\/a> teenager: she did not obey her parents, skipped school and had many sexual relationships.<\/span> As punishment, the girl was sent to the Yokohama geisha school in 1922. At that time, many Japanese families did this to cleanse themselves of shame and try to guide their daughters on the right path.<\/p>\n

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Images from the film “Empire of the Senses”, based on the biography of Sada Abe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At the geisha school girls are taught from early childhood, so 15-year-old Sada could no longer<\/a> become a real geisha. Instead, she worked as a matigeisha, that is, a pseudo-geisha who provided sexual services. She was engaged in this activity for five years until she fell ill with syphilis. Then Sada became a licensed prostitute.<\/p>\n

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Sada Abe made several attempts to escape from the brothel where she was<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Until 1934, the girl worked in several brothels until she was arrested for lack of a license. Sada lost her when she stole money from a client. In prison, she met a friend of the brothel owner, Kinnosuke Kasahara, who helped<\/a> to free her. Kinnosuke took a liking to Sada, and they became lovers. Sada moved to a house bought by Kasahara and lived on the money he gave her.<\/span> However, the man did not want to leave his family and marry Abe. Soon the lovers parted. Sada recalled<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cHe didn\u2019t love me and treated me like an animal. He was one of those scum who, after parting, begged me to return.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n