BOOKS by Liza Dalby

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1	Geisha more books like this by Dalby add to wishlist In this classic best seller, Liza Dalby, the first non-Japanese ever to have trained as a geisha, offers an insider's look at the exclusive world of female companions to the Japanese male elite. A new preface examines how geisha have been profoundly affected by the changes of the past quarter century yet - especially in Kyoto - have managed to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.35! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Kimono: Fashioning Culture more books like this by Liza Dalby add to wishlist The author of GEISHA writes about the kimono, its history and its importance in Japanese society, as well as the controversies that began to surround it as women became more liberated. see all copies from $11.99! new only from $12.17! \| first editions \| SVS
3	East Wind Melts the Ice: A Memoir Through the Seasons more books like this by Liza Dalby add to wishlist In the manner of the Japanese personal poetic essay, this vibrant work comprises 72 windows on a life lived between cultures, and the result is a wonderfully engaging read. see all copies from $3.00! new only from $7.81! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Tale of Murasaki more books like this by Liza Dalby add to wishlist Liza Dalby writes a novel based on the life of Lady Murasaki, author of what is often called the first novel, the 11th-century TALE OF GENJI. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.43! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Little Songs of the Geisha more books like this by Liza Crihfield Dalby (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.18! \| first editions
6	Ariake: Poems of Love and Longing by the Women Courtiers of Ancient Japan by Chronicle Books, Rae Grant (Illustrator), Liza Dalby (Foreword by) add to wishlist In the court of ancient Japan (794 to 1185 AD), women of the court were cultured, aristocratic, and refined. It was customary for the women courtesans to express their heart's desires through poetry, and the poems in Ariake were written in the pursuit, the loss, and the full flush of love. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.09! \| first editions
7	Kimono more books like this by Paul Van Riel, Paul Vanriel, Liza Dalby add to wishlist This work contains a selection of the numerous encounters Paul van Riel had with people wearing kimono all over Japan. Although the popularity of the kimono has dwindled over the last 25 years, the national garment of Japan is still deeply rooted in Japanese culture, as the photographs testify. In the introduction Liza Dalby shows us how the ... see all copies from $12.75! new only from $25.80! \| SVS
8	All-Japan : the catalogue of everything Japanese more books like this by Liza Crihfield Dalby add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $46.88! \| first editions
9	The Women of the Pleasure Quarter: Japanese Paintings & Prints of the Floating World more books like this by James A. Welu, Liza C. Dalby, Elizabeth De Sabato Swinton add to wishlist see all copies from $25.98! first editions
10	Hidden Buddhas: A Novel of Karma and Chaos by Liza Dalby add to wishlist "Hidden Buddhas may well be Liza Dalby's best work yet; with its fascinating story of characters caught up in a world they themselves don't understand. Besides taking us on a journey through little-known corners of Japan, it offers us an engaging and believable portrait of people driven to do things they may not have imagined."--Arthur Golden, ... see all copies from $7.14! new only from $7.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11	Dit De Murasaki (Le) by Dalby/Liza add to wishlist see all copies from $55.00! new only from $55.00!
12	Pflaumenblüten Im Schnee by Liza Dalby add to wishlist see all copies from $37.15!

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