Maiko masquerade: crafting geisha girlhood in Japan: by Jan Bardsley, Oakland, University of California Press, 2021, 283 pp., $85.00, £66.00 (hardback), ISBN 9780520296435; $29.95, £24.00 (paperback), ISBN 9780520296442; $29.95, £24.00 (ebook), ISBN 9780520968943. Issue 8 (17th November 2022) - Coates, Jennifer