KISSING THE MASK. Beauty, Understatement and Femininity in Japanese Noh Theater. Illustrated from Photographs.
New York: Ecco, (2010). From the author's photographs. First edition. Hardcover. With some thoughts on muses (especially Helga Testorf) transgender women, Kabuki Goddesses, porn queens, poets housewives, makeup artists, geishas, Valkyries and Venus figurines. A charming, evocative and piercing examination of an ancient Japanese tradition and the keys it holds to our modern understanding of beauty. 500 pages with a glossary, chronology, notes, bibliography, note on the illustrations, note on the orthography, and acknowledgments. A near fine copy in white cloth in a near fine dust jacket with one tiny chip at the top of the spine front fold. Item #14400
ISBN: 9780061228483
Price: $50.00