The Life of a Geisha
by Underwood, Eleanor
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0765117398
- ISBN 13
- 9780765117397
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About This Item
New York Smithmark Publishers 1999. 1999. Hardcover. Square 4to hardcover 64pp index, colour illus. very good+ / very good+ d/w. THE LIFE OF A GEISHA illustrates the fascinating world of Japan's powerful and seductive geishas, a fading yet beautiful world that has captured the imaginations of millions of readers. This striking book contains full-color woodblock prints made during Japan's famous Edo Period, historic and contemporary photographs of geisha life, and images of the "floating world," Japan's mysterious artistic subculture. The accompanying text includes evocative Japanese poems and haikus. All celebrate the beauty and creativity of the geisha, who with her exquisitely detailed costume, elaborate makeup and hairstyle, and artfully ritualized behavior, chastely beguiles and entertains Japan's most powerful men. .
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- Bookseller
- Dial a Book (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37956
- Title
- The Life of a Geisha
- Author
- Underwood, Eleanor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- ISBN 10
- 0765117398
- ISBN 13
- 9780765117397
- Publisher
- New York Smithmark Publishers 1999
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- Asian japanese Geisha girls
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