Geisha

Stock Code:
BAE1690
Price:
$20.00

Description

Geisha. A Novel by Stephen and Ethel Longstreet. 'Her name was O-Kita. She was kidnapped at the age of four and sold into the Kataya teahouse. Brought up in the Yoshiwara, a district of Edo set aside for sensual pleasures, she slowly learned her role as a geisha among the artist courtesans, Kabuki actors and wealthy merchants who made up the floating world of eighteenth-century Japan. By the age of twenty, she was the most famous geisha of her time. her face and her body were immortalised in the art of Hokusai, Shuncho and Utamaro. It was a time of great and popular art and delicacy. It was also a time of cruelty and barbarity.' The dust jacket has light general wear and the price is unclipped. The book remains tight and pages bright.

Details

  • Author:
    Longstreet, Stephen & Ethel
  • Book Condition:
    Good Plus
  • Publisher:
    Arthur Barker Limited, London
  • Edition:
    First
  • Jacket Condition:
    Good
  • Binding:
    Hard Cover
  • Location:
    P2
  • Size:
    8vo
  • Pages:
    179
  • Publish Date:
    1960
Stock Level:
1 In Stock
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