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Title: Beautiful Pictures :)
Review: I really recommend this book to anyone interested in Geisha. Though the text is admittedly not as detailed as "Geisha" By Liza Dalby, the pictures are all in full color and there are many of them. Of all the books I have about geisha and maiko, including the ones in Japanese, I love the pictures in this book the best, as they are large and with many close ups. I especially enjoyed the pictures of all the kanzashi, kimono, dance classes, and different hairstyles. It is nice to see pictures of geisha and okaasan, as well as maiko. Most of my other books concentrate on pictures of maiko while talking about geisha. The text is very easy to read and is pretty informative. I think the picture on page 123 (of a tourist dressed as a maiko) is actually the author herself (compare the picture with the picture of the author on the back flap), which seems perfectly acceptable to me.
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