Re: 50 Book Challenge 2008

The Geisha Story with Doll-and-Flower Arrangements,  by Billie T. Chandler.

Charles E. Tuttle Co, 1963



Ms. Chandler taught school in Japan, and while there, discovered Hakata 
dolls. These are not playthings, but clay miniatures of people and
animals. 
Chandler was inspired to combine these with bonseki, the art of scenic 
floral art. She called this Hakata Ryu Floral Art and taught it for some 
time, but an internet search found no evidence of this art form catching
on 
and surviving.



Her goal was to have her artwork photographed and used in books ****traying

Japanese life. This volume gives a very short history of geisha,
illustrated 
with color photos of Chandler’s arrangements. Unique and fun to look 
through.




-- 
Laurie Brown, Dark Phoenix
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"To destroy the Western tradition of independent thought, it is not 
necessary to burn books. All we have to do is leave them unread for a
couple 
of generations."
--Robert Maynard Hutchens.