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Geisha Fan Book
Tina Skinner
€ 30.99
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Description for Geisha Fan Book
Num Pages: 128 color images. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 225 x 17. Weight in Grams: 526.
Enjoy an incredible collection of 128 images showing the fleeting, effervescent beauty of young geisha apprentices captured over a century ago. This keepsake, fan-shaped book captures a moment now lost to history, when Japanese girls were indentured as young as 6. Dressed like dolls, they were paraded through parties and celebrated for their beauty, charm, and innocence, all the while learning the music, dance, conversational, and gaming skills expected in a master of their craft. Here is a wonderful opportunity to see these girls in the glory of their colorful regalia, posing before a newly introduced invention, the camera. This ... Read more
Enjoy an incredible collection of 128 images showing the fleeting, effervescent beauty of young geisha apprentices captured over a century ago. This keepsake, fan-shaped book captures a moment now lost to history, when Japanese girls were indentured as young as 6. Dressed like dolls, they were paraded through parties and celebrated for their beauty, charm, and innocence, all the while learning the music, dance, conversational, and gaming skills expected in a master of their craft. Here is a wonderful opportunity to see these girls in the glory of their colorful regalia, posing before a newly introduced invention, the camera. This ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764327469
SKU
V9780764327469
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-11
About Tina Skinner
Tina Skinner is a professional writer and editor. A collector of geisha imagery, she also authored Geisha: Women of Japan's Flower & Willow World.
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