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Fiona Caroline Graham (16 September 1961–26 January 2023) [1] was an Australian anthropologist working as a geisha in Japan. [2] [3] She made her debut as a geisha (trainee) in 2007 in the Asakusa district of Tokyo under the name Sayuki (紗幸) as a part of her anthropological study, and as of 2021 was working in the Fukagawa ...
Fiona Graham is the first Caucasian woman to be accepted into the ancient Japanese geisha tradition. Now known only as Sayuki, she tells Anna Seaman about her new life
Feb 2, 2015 · Leading the four through the snows of Niseko, the ski resort on the northern island of Hokkaido, is Fiona Graham. She’s an Australian citizen who first moved to Japan when she was just 15 and...
Nov 9, 2009 · Meet Japan's First Western Geisha. She's got a Ph.D. from Oxford, but Fiona Graham spent a year learning how to pour tea. Oh, and she has to greet her senior geisha sisters on bended knee. In a...
A documentary film-maker and academic with a doctorate in anthropology from Oxford University, Fiona Graham has just become what she says is the first non-Japanese in 400 years to debut as a geisha.
Jun 5, 2011 · Oxford-educated Melburnian Fiona Graham, 47, was the only foreigner in 400 years to be accepted into the ranks of the geisha, whose skills in traditional Japanese dance, poetry and music are a revered part of national culture.
Jan 24, 2008 · A documentary film-maker and academic with a doctorate in anthropology from Oxford University, she has just become what she says is the first non-Japanese in 400 years to...
