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Language: en
Pages: 408
Authors: Lesley Downer
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-01-08 - Publisher: Crown

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From critically acclaimed author and Japanese scholar Lesley Downer, an enchanting portrait of the mysterious world of the geisha. Ever since Westerners arrived
The Women of the Pleasure Quarter
Language: en
Pages: 198
Authors: Elizabeth de Sabato Swinton
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 1995 - Publisher:

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This volume is the first comprehensive study of the women of the pleasure quarters and entertainment districts of Japan of the seventeenth through nineteenth ce
Geisha
Language: en
Pages: 434
Authors: Lesley Downer
Categories: Geishas
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001 - Publisher:

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Ever since Westerners arrived in Japan, we have been intrigued by geisha. This fascination has spawned a wealth of fictional creations from Madame Butterfly to
Yoshiwara
Language: en
Pages: 352
Authors: Cecilia Segawa Seigle
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1993-03-01 - Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

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Drawing on both historical and literary sources, examines life in the pleasure houses of Japan during the Edo period from the early 1600s to 1868. Among the top
Madame Sadayakko
Language: en
Pages: 356
Authors: Lesley Downer
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003 - Publisher: Penguin

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The author of Women of the Pleasure Quarters shares the story of the famous geisha whose life inspired Puccini's Madame Butterfly, from her training and partici