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Ko-Uta: Little Songs of the Geisha World
Language: en
Pages: 110
Authors: Liza Crihfield
Categories: Poetry
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-02-03 - Publisher: Tuttle Publishing

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This book of Japanese poetry and lyrics explores a little-known style of Japanese song called Ko-Uta. A Ko-Uta is translated as "little song" in Japanese. Unfam
Little Songs Of The Geisha
Language: en
Pages: 106
Authors: Liza Dalby
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-02-01 - Publisher:

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Traditional Japanese ko-uta are the musical embodiment of the Japanese geisha in the intoxicating "flower and willow world." Literally, these are "little songs"
The Gei of Geisha: Music, Identity and Meaning
Language: en
Pages: 158
Authors: KellyM. Foreman
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-07-05 - Publisher: Routledge

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The Japanese geisha is an international icon, known almost universally as a symbol of traditional Japan. Numerous books exist on the topic, yet this is the firs
The Ashgate Research Companion to Japanese Music
Language: en
Pages: 468
Authors: David W. Hughes
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-02-03 - Publisher: Routledge

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Music is a frequently neglected aspect of Japanese culture. It is in fact a highly problematic area, as the Japanese actively introduced Western music into thei
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History
Language: en
Pages: 2710
Authors: Bonnie G. Smith
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
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The Encyclopedia of Women in World History captures the experiences of women throughout world history in a comprehensive, 4-volume work. Although there has been