Madame Sadayakko by Lesley DownerMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
I read this on a lark and was truly fascinated and entertained throughout. From the close of the 19th Century to after WW II, Sadayakko's life covered an impressive range of not only time, but space and art, as well. For space she went around the world and returned to Paris having built up an impressive career as an actress in front of, mostly, audiences, that knew little of what to expect and could not speak her language. Her equally impressive husband went from agitprop "river beggar" actor to chaperone his impressive geisha wife to the stage and stardom. In art she proved non-pareil for her time and impressed enough the equally pioneering Loie Fuller to receive that impressive artist's important support to launch a Paris-based European fame.
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