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Felice Beato (1832–1909) lived and worked in Japan from 1863 through 1884, just as the country opened its doors to the world. He was extremely active in Japan, and portrayed the Japanese with dignity and as equals of Westerners. He was the first photographer in Japan to sell albums of his works. Most likely, it was Beato that introduced the later so diligently followed concept of “views” and “types” to photography of Japan.
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Geisha: Women of Japan's Flower & Willow World
Over 500 beautiful photographs and postcards, mostly of between 1900 and 1940, take you back to Japan’s now-extinct licensed pleasure districts.
In Geisha: Women of Japan’s Flower & Willow World, Skinner and Martin have seamlessly combined a text that is a joy to read with an outrageous large number of photographs, showing geisha as well as the different kinds of high-class prostitutes.
The historical descriptions and anecdotes bring much needed context to these photos. Explanations are, for example, given for the kimono, poses and accouterments pictured in this book and several misconceptions are addressed.
The design and lay-out are very rich and makes the photos look even more beautiful. Geisha: Women of Japan’s Flower & Willow World was clearly a work of love for Skinner and Martin. You will keep opening up this book again and again. A beauty!
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