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A Woman of Pleasure Indigenous Peoples' History She loved the way hisAn unforgettable novel of fearless women banding together to pursue the lives they want, inspired by the real life historic Japanese courtesan strike In 1903, a fifteen year old girl named Aoi Ichi is sold to the most exclusive brothel in Kumamoto, Japan. Despite her modest beginnings in a southern fishing village, she becomes the protge of an oiran, the highest ranking courtesan at the brothel. Through the teachings of her oiran, Shinonome, Ichi