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Dancer, Nun, Ghost, Goddess: The Legend of Giō And Hotoke in Japanese Literature, Theater, Visual Arts, and Cultural Heritage

Dancer, Nun, Ghost, Goddess: The Legend of Giō And Hotoke in Japanese Literature, Theater, Visual Arts, and Cultural Heritage

Penned By Roberta Strippoli
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Dancer, Nun, Ghost, Goddess: The Legend of Giō And Hotoke in Japanese Literature, Theater, Visual Arts, and Cultural Heritage

Dancer, Nun, Ghost, Goddess: The Legend of Giō And Hotoke in Japanese Literature, Theater, Visual Arts, and Cultural Heritage

Penned By Roberta Strippoli
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Dancer, Nun, Ghost, Goddess explores the Tale of the Heike episode of the dancers Giō and Hotoke, which first appeared in the fourteenth century and went on to inspire, in often unpredictable ways, countless artistic productions in subsequent centuries.

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Length 244 Pages
Language Eng
Imprint Brill
Released November 20, 2017
Identifier (ISBN) 37818906
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