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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.8. Seller Inventory # G0875772005I4N00
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Fine. 1st. 159 pages, illustrations (chiefly color); 32 cm. Published in conjunction with the exhibition Geisha: Beyond the Painted Smile, organized by the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA, (February 14 to May 9, 2004) and presented at the Asian Art Museum--Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture, San Francisco (June 25 to September 26, 2004). Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "This volume provides a behind-the-scenes look at the life of the geisha and provides a comprehensive overview of geisha culture. There are contributions by many specialists on Japanese culture including Arthur Golden and Lisa Dalby." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Why do geisha exist?, by Arthur Golden; I: Understanding geisha; A world behind closed doors, by Lesley Downer; Identifying geisha in art and life: is she really a geisha?, by Andrew L. Maske; II: Confronting the image; First encounters--emerging stereotypes: westerners and geisha in the late nineteenth century, by Allen Hockley; The exotic geisha, by Liza Dalby; The floating world today: photographs by Yoko Yamamoto text by Andrew L. Maske; III: Living art; Performance and play: the art and accomplishments of geisha, by Andrew L. Maske; Geisha to the fore: Niwaka festivals and the new luminaries of Edo, by Money L. Hickman; Geisha on stage and screen, by Peter M. Grilli. Size: Folio. Seller Inventory # 081179
Book Description Softcover. Condition: F. First Edition. Fine, no names or markings; Exhibiton catalog, exhibition at Peabody Essex Museum and Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, both in 2004. Beautiful production that covers "Understanding Geishas", "Confronting the Image" and "Living Art" (performance and stage). With Bibliography and List of Illustrations ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 160 p. Seller Inventory # 34501