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Fiona Caroline Graham (16 September 1961–26 January 2023) was an Australian anthropologist working as a geisha in Japan. 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 district of Tokyo.
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...
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 ...
Nov 9, 2009 · From her rounded bun hairstyle to her pigeon-toed tabi socks, Sayuki, otherwise known as anthropologist Fiona Graham, is decked out so immaculately in true geisha style that her admirers utter...
Feb 4, 2015 · Melbourne-born woman Fiona Graham became the first non-Japanese geisha in 400 years. After attending the country's prestigious Keio University, Sayuki went on to study a doctorate...
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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...
Jul 5, 2019 · Sachika’s geisha mother is Sayuki, or Fiona Graham, the first ever Western geisha. After studying human sciences and teaching at Keio University Tokyo, Graham went on to study Japanese corporate culture at the University of Oxford.
