The women of the pleasure quarter : Japanese paintings and prints of the floating world / Elizabeth de Sabato Swinton ; with contributions byKazue Edamatsu Campbell, Liza Crihfield Dalby, Mark Oshima.

Author: Swinton, Elizabeth de Sabato, 1937-

Edition Statement:1st ed.

Publisher:New York : Hudson Hills Press ; [Lanham, MD] : Distributed by National Book Network, c1995.

Description:195 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm.

Note:"In association with Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts."

Note:"Worcester Art Museum, February 24-May 5, 1996, Equitable Gallery, New York, June 8-August 18, 1996, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, September 22-December 1, 1996"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-192) and index.

Note:Foreword / James A. Welu -- Reflections on the floating world / Elizabeth de Sabato Swinton -- Courtesan and geisha: the real women of the pleasure quarter / Liza Crihfield Dalby -- The language of the pleasure quarter / Kazue Edamatsu Campbell -- The Keisei as a meeting point of different worlds: courtesan and the Kabuki Onnagata / Mark Oshima -- The artistic vision / Elizabeth de Sabato Swinton -- Appendix: a portrait of a new woman, in a cage / Kazue Edamatsu Campbell.

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