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050 00 $aGT3412$b.D68 2001
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100 1 $aDowner, Lesley.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85332524
245 10 $aWomen of the pleasure quarters :$bthe secret history of the geisha /$cLesley Downer.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bBroadway Books,$c2001.
263 $a0103
300 $axiv, 288 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, portraits ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $tIntroduction: Through the Looking Glass --$g1.$tJapan Before the Geisha: High-class Courtesans and the Culture of Desire --$g2.$tThe World of the Geisha: Love, Passion, and Jealousy --$g3.$tInside the Pleasure Quarters: The Maiko of Kyoto --$g4.$tMale Geisha and Dancing Girls of the Eighteenth Century --$g5.$tInside the Pleasure Quarters: Becoming a Geisha --$g6.$tGeisha in the Victorian Age --$g7.$tInside the Pleasure Quarters: Geisha Life --$g8.$tFrom the Flapper Years to the Age of Neon --$g9.$tA Dying Tradition --$g10.$tSaying Goodbye.
520 1 $a"As denizens of a world defined by silence and mystery, geisha are notoriously difficult to meet and even to find. Lesley Downer, an award-winning writer, Japanese scholar, and consummate storyteller, gained more access into this world than almost any other Westerner ever has and spent several months living in it. In Women of the Pleasure Quarters, she weaves together intimate portraits of modern geisha with the romantic legends and colorful historical tales of geisha of the past.".
520 8 $a"From Sadda Yakko, who dined with American presidents and had her portrait painted by Picasso, to Koito, a modern-day geisha who maintains her own website, geisha throughout history step out of the pages of Women of the Pleasure Quarters to become living, breathing creatures.
520 8 $aLooking into such traditions as mizuage, the ritual deflowering which was once a rite of passage for all geisha, and providing colorful depictions of the geisha's dress, training, and homes, Downer, with grace, elegance, and respect, transforms their reality in a captivating narrative that both informs and entertains."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aGeishas.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85053673
852 00 $bbar$hGT3412$i.D68 2001
852 00 $beal$hGT3412$i.D68 2001