Geisha by Liza Dalby

Geisha by Liza Dalby

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In the mid-1970s, an American graduate student in anthropology joined the ranks of white-powdered geisha in Kyoto, Japan. Liza Dalby took the name Ichigiku and apprenticed in the famed Pontocho district.

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Geisha by Liza Dalby

In the mid-1970s, an American graduate student in anthropology joined the ranks of white-powdered geisha in Kyoto, Japan. Liza Dalby took the name Ichigiku and apprenticed in the famed Pontocho district.
Author of Geisha and Kimono and the only Westerner ever to have become a geisha, Liza Dalby is a consultant for Steven Spielberg's upcoming film adaptation of Memoirs of a Geisha. She lives in Berkeley, California.
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ISBN 13 9780520047426
ISBN 10 0520047427
Title Geisha
Author Liza Dalby
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher University of California Press
Year published 1983-01-01
Number of pages 408
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.