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Downer, Lesley Madame Sadayakko: The Geisha Who Seduced the West [Illustrated]
Review 2003 0755310306 / 9780755310302 First edition-first printing Hardcover Very good Very good Book
VGC.Review,2003.First edition-first printing(10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1).Black hardback(silver lettering to the spine,two nicks and crease on the edges of the cover) with Dj(small tear,a couple of creases and nicks on the edges of the Dj cover),both in VGC.Illustrated with colour,b/w photos,maps.Nice and clean pages with a small mark,nick and light shelf wear on the outer edges,small nicks and crease on the edges of the pages.The book is in VGC with light shelf wear on the dj cover.Price un-clipped.346pp including Select bibliography,notes,index. This is another paragraph From Publishers Weekly: The first Japanese actress of modern times, Sadayakko (1871-1946) shared the stage with Isadora Duncan and influenced Puccini's writing of Madame Butterfly. Unfortunately, this biography, a follow-up to Downer's Women of the Pleasure Quarters, never takes wing despite the author's best efforts to track down relatives who still remember the actress, sold by her family to become a geisha at age five. Pieced together from newspaper clippings and writings by contemporaries, the book fails to capture the excitement of Sadayakko's success. Like many geisha, who were considered social outcasts, Sadayakko married into the theater at age 19 by choosing a husband, Otojiro, from among the riverbed beggars, as actors were then known. She joined him on stage during his troupe's first American tour, but soon she became a bigger star than he. Otojiro founded New Wave drama, or shimpa, which was much less stylized than traditional kabuki, yet Downer makes a strong case that Sadayakko was every bit as important as Otojiro to the development of Japanese theater. But Sadayakko, who was eager to support her husband, left no record to indicate the exact nature of her role, if any, in the development of his plays. After Otojiro's death, Sadayakko continued to act and to train other young actresses. Although Sadayakko was a captivating character, Downer doesn't come up with enough facts to present an equally captivating story.
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Downer, Lesley Madame Sadayakko: The Geisha Who Seduced the West [Illustrated]
Review 2003 0755310306 / 9780755310302 First edition-first printing Hardcover Fine Fine Book
Mint condition.Review,2003.First edition-first printing(10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1).Black hardback(silver lettering to the spine) with Dj(small scratch and nick on the Dj cover),both in mint condition.Illustrated with colour,b/w photos,maps.The book is new with a couple of small nicks/tear on the edges of the pages,small pencil mark impression on the edge of the first blank page of the book.Price un-clipped.346pp including Select bibliography,notes,index. This is another paragraph From Publishers Weekly: The first Japanese actress of modern times, Sadayakko (1871-1946) shared the stage with Isadora Duncan and influenced Puccini's writing of Madame Butterfly. Unfortunately, this biography, a follow-up to Downer's Women of the Pleasure Quarters, never takes wing despite the author's best efforts to track down relatives who still remember the actress, sold by her family to become a geisha at age five. Pieced together from newspaper clippings and writings by contemporaries, the book fails to capture the excitement of Sadayakko's success. Like many geisha, who were considered social outcasts, Sadayakko married into the theater at age 19 by choosing a husband, Otojiro, from among the riverbed beggars, as actors were then known. She joined him on stage during his troupe's first American tour, but soon she became a bigger star than he. Otojiro founded New Wave drama, or shimpa, which was much less stylized than traditional kabuki, yet Downer makes a strong case that Sadayakko was every bit as important as Otojiro to the development of Japanese theater. But Sadayakko, who was eager to support her husband, left no record to indicate the exact nature of her role, if any, in the development of his plays. After Otojiro's death, Sadayakko continued to act and to train other young actresses. Although Sadayakko was a captivating character, Downer doesn't come up with enough facts to present an equally captivating story.
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Downer, Lesley The Brothers: The Tsutsumi Family [Illustrated]
Chatto and Windus 1994 0701153733 / 9780701153731 First UK edition-2nd printing Hardcover Near fine Near fine Book
Near fine condition.Chatto and Windus,1994.First UK edition-2nd printing(3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2).Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine.small dent/nick on the edge of the back cover) with Dj(a couple of small nicks,scratches and crease on the Dj cover),both in near fine condition.Illustrated with b/w maps,family tree.Nice and clean pages with some ink marks on the outer edges,pencil mark impression on the edge of the first page of the book,small nicks and crease on the edges of the pages.Nice and clean book with light shelf wear on the Dj cover.474pp including Notes,bibliography,index.Price un-clipped.Heavy book.
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