Kissing the mask : beauty, understatement, and femininity in Japanese Noh theater : with some thoughts on muses (especially Helga Testorf), transgender women, kabuki goddesses, porn queens, poets, housewives, makeup artists, geishas, valkyries, and Venus figurines / William T. Vollmann.

• Material Type: 図書
• ISBN: 9780061228483; 0061228486
• Title: Kissing the mask : beauty, understatement, and femininity in Japanese Noh theater : with some thoughts on muses (especially Helga Testorf), transgender women, kabuki goddesses, porn queens, poets, housewives, makeup artists, geishas, valkyries, and Venus figurines / William T. Vollmann.
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Author Heading: Vollmann, William T, 1959- ( 00516777 )Authorities
• Publication, Distribution, etc.: [New York, NY] : Ecco
• Publication Date: c2010.
• Publication Date (W3CDTF): 2010
• Extent: xxi, 504 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
• Place of Publication (Country Code): US
• Text Language Code: eng
• Subject Heading: Nō.; Women in the theater -- Japan.; Gender identity in the theater -- Japan.; Sex role in the theater -- Japan.; Feminine beauty (Aesthetics); Femininity.; Geishas.; Kabuki.; Transgender people -- Social aspects.
• LCC: PN2924.5.N6
• DDC: 792.7028; 792.0952
• NDLC: KD431
• Note (Bibliography): Includes bibliographical references (p. [436]-500) .
• Collection (particular): 日本関係外国語図書
• Holding library: 国立国会図書館
• Call No.: KD431-B18
• Data Provider (Database): 国立国会図書館 : 国立国会図書館蔵書; https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp
• Bibliographic ID (NDL): 000010951351; http://id.ndl.go.jp/bib/000010951351
• OCLC No.: 419855470; https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/419855470
• Cataloging Rule: Anglo-American Cataloging Rules
• Bibliographic Record Category (NDL): 211

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• Summary, etc.: Explores the enigma surrounding Noh theater and the traditions that have made it intrinsic to Japanese culture for centuries and extracts the secrets ...