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Canti di Geishe

Atsuko and Giuseppe Ricca, editors

Published Milan: All’Insegna del Pesce d’Oro, 1968

42pp.; 9.6 x 5.7 cm. Stiff white paper wraps. White dust-jacket printed in pink and black, attached at spine.

Part of Ephemera

Ko-uta (little songs) and ha-uta (brief songs) from the Edo period, at the start of the 18th century, traditionally sung by the Geisha cast. In Italian throughout. Uncommon. Light wear to wraps, light foxing, lacking the original band.