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9780756774929: Little Songs Of The Geisha: Traditional Japanese Ko-uta
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ISBN 10: 0756774926 ISBN 13: 9780756774929
Publisher: Diane Pub Co, 2000

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Synopsis

A fascinating look into the world of the Geisha through the 400-year-old art of Ko-Uta, the traditional song form sung to three-stringed shamisen music. A vivid evocation of the romanticism of feudal Japan.

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About the Author

Liza Dalby has lived intermittently in Japan since she was a teenager. Fluent in Japanese, she is the first non-Japanese ever to have become a geisha. She received a PhD in anthropology from Stanford University in 1978 and is the author of Geisha, Kimono: Fashioning Culture, and Tale of Murasaki. Liza Dalby will also provide the new introduction to Tuttle's reissue of the classic Book of Tea.

Language Notes

Text: English, Japanese (translation)
Original Language: Japanese

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  • PublisherDiane Pub Co
  • Publication date2000
  • ISBN 10 0756774926
  • ISBN 13 9780756774929
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages106
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