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240 10 a| Yūjokō.l| English=| ^A1469740;

245 12 a| A woman of pleasure :b| a novel /c| Kiyoko Murata ; translated from the Japanese by Juliet Winters Carpenter.;

250 a| First Counterpoint edition.;

264 1 a| Berkeley, California :b| Counterpoint,c| 2024.;

300 a| 309 pages ;c| 21 cm;

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500 a| First published in Japanese in 2013.;

505 0 a| On the waves -- When ash falls, I remember -- The ants wept -- The ground fell away -- I sucked white blood -- We merged -- I was a scabbardfish -- Celebrating the baby's birth -- Not human -- Shokkichi the rat -- No parents for prostitutes -- A day like new year's day -- I'll die on the waves.;

520 a| "In 1903, a fifteen-year-old girl named Ichi Aoi is sold to the most exclusive brothel in Kumamoto, Japan. Despite her modest beginnings in a southern fishing village, she becomes the protégée of an oiran, the highest-ranking courtesan at the brothel. Through the teachings of her oiran, Shinonome, Ichi begins to understand the intertwined power of sex and money. And in her mandatory school lessons, her writing instructor, Tetsuko, encourages Ichi and the others to think clearly and express themselves. Based on real-life events in Meiji-era Japan, award-winning and critically acclaimed veteran writer Kiyoko Murata re-creates in stunning detail the brutal yet vibrant lives of women in the red-light district at the turn of the twentieth century-the bond they share, the survival skills they pass down, and the power of owning one's language. By banding together, the women organize a strike and walk away from the brothel and into the possibility of new lives"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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650 6 a| Courtisanesz| Japonv| Romans, nouvelles, etc.;

650 6 a| Grèves et lock-outv| Romans, nouvelles, etc.;

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A woman of pleasure : a novel / Kiyoko Murata ; translated from the Japanese by Juliet Winters Carpenter.

Author/creator	Murata, Kiyoko, 1945- author.
Other author	Carpenter, Juliet Winters, translator.
Format	Book
Edition	First Counterpoint edition.
Publication	Berkeley, California : Counterpoint, 2024.
Copyright Date	©2024
Description	309 pages ; 21 cm
Subjects	Courtesans--Japan. --Fiction. Strikes and lockouts--Fiction. Courtisanes--Japon. --Romans, nouvelles, etc. Grèves et lock-out--Romans, nouvelles, etc. Japan--History. --Meiji period, 1868-1912. --Fiction. Japon--Histoire. --1868-1912 (Ère Meiji). --Romans, nouvelles, etc.

Uniform title	Yūjokō. English
Contents	On the waves -- When ash falls, I remember -- The ants wept -- The ground fell away -- I sucked white blood -- We merged -- I was a scabbardfish -- Celebrating the baby's birth -- Not human -- Shokkichi the rat -- No parents for prostitutes -- A day like new year's day -- I'll die on the waves.
Abstract	"In 1903, a fifteen-year-old girl named Ichi Aoi is sold to the most exclusive brothel in Kumamoto, Japan. Despite her modest beginnings in a southern fishing village, she becomes the protégée of an oiran, the highest-ranking courtesan at the brothel. Through the teachings of her oiran, Shinonome, Ichi begins to understand the intertwined power of sex and money. And in her mandatory school lessons, her writing instructor, Tetsuko, encourages Ichi and the others to think clearly and express themselves. Based on real-life events in Meiji-era Japan, award-winning and critically acclaimed veteran writer Kiyoko Murata re-creates in stunning detail the brutal yet vibrant lives of women in the red-light district at the turn of the twentieth century-the bond they share, the survival skills they pass down, and the power of owning one's language. By banding together, the women organize a strike and walk away from the brothel and into the possibility of new lives"-- Provided by publisher.
General note	First published in Japanese in 2013.
Genre/form	Fiction.
Genre/form	Historical fiction.
Genre/form	History.
Genre/form	Novels.
Genre/form	Historical fiction.
Genre/form	Novels.
Genre/form	Romans.
LCCN	2023034737
ISBN	9781640095793 paperback
ISBN	1640095799 paperback
ISBN	electronic book

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