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Geisha: Women of Japans Flower and Willow World (Hardcover)
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Geisha: Women of Japans Flower and Willow World (Hardcover)
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This is the most comprehensive assembly of historic geisha images
ever compiled in a book. Over 500 exquisite views - drawn from
postcards produced primarily between 1900 and 1940 - illustrate the
rarified world of Japan's now-extinct licensed pleasure districts.
Soon after the West pried open Japan's doors in 1853, stories about
Japan began to circulate wildly through Victorian societies. Geisha
quickly attained folkloric status as both imagery, widely traveled
stage productions, and titillating novels spread their fame, and
postcards bearing their images circulated the globe. Enter a world
dripping in symbolism, elevated by accomplishment. For the
Westerner, it is a world of exotic misconceptions, characterized by
a male fantasy of the submissive Asian beauty devoted to his
pleasure. Equally exotic to the average Japanese, Geisha embody the
highest level of a proud culture. Geisha are accomplished in music,
letters, and the intricate art of the tea ceremony. Epitomizing
feminine grace and beauty, geisha are always carefully adorned,
every hair oiled into place, and every step and gesture perfectly
executed. The comprehensive text introduces historical background
about the talented geisha entertainers and other women who were
indentured in virtual slavery within the famed and idealized
"Flower and Willow World." High-class prostitutes, as well as lowly
tea servers are pictured, and the life of early 20th century women
in Japan is explored. The symbolic kimono, poses, and accouterments
of the women photographed are explained in captioning that will
help to open the eyes of many Westerners to Japanese culture, and
help to debunk misconceptions regarding the status and nature of
geisha. For the Japanese historian, this is the best source of
original imagery ever assembled within two covers about Geisha. For
anyone with even a casual interest in this utterly unique culture,
this book will prove a captivating page turner. .
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