And I would point out that at least in The Making of a Geisha, a good deal of the plot revolves around the auction for the deflowering of a Geisha. So they may not be entirely different after all.
I'm sorry but I must point out your claim is incorrect. If one endeavors to truly study the history of the matter, wouldn't you agree that studying many sources is surely advisable -- and more likely to arrive at a more accurate conclusion? This is what I did, both with multiple sources covering several areas/regions/districts, several different generations, and by way of assorted media. Books, research films, taped interviews with denizens of the secretive, "floating world" of the maiko, geiko, and geisha, as well as their okassan, and those who inhabit all manner of strata within the geisha life? I find it very fascinating ever since age 9 when I met a former geisha at a "parent's day" at my elementary school in -- of all places -- Georgia, USA? She was a delight, and she brought us little delicacies, brought a kimono to explain how to correctly arrange the layers of the attire, and played the shamisen for us.
Here's a special link to help one get on the more accurate path; it is an interview with the very same geisha whom Arthur Golden interviewed for "Memoirs of a Geisha," the same book upon which the movie was based. Golden kept his word to change her name to "Sayuri" ... however, he did not keep his word to keep her real name private. As you will see, in her own words, the true lady 'Sayuri' lists a few reasons as to why she decided to sue Arthur Golden -- and one of those very issues was the true interpretation and history of "MIZUAGE."
http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/qa/documents/02473409.htm
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