The World of Geisha (四畳半襖の裏張り), Tatsumi Kumashiro, 1973

The world was in turmoil with the October Revolution of 1917, riots over the inflationary price of rice, and the military expedition to Siberia in 1918. But Shinsuke spends his days in the arms of geishas, paying little heed to the events happening around him.