Geisha, Harlot, Strangler, Star: A Woman, Sex, and Morality in Modern Japan by William Johnston

Asia Perspectives: History, Society, and Culture

Geisha, Harlot, Strangler, Star: A Woman, Sex, and Morality in Modern Japan

William Johnston

272 pages hardcover 2004

2 editions

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In May 1936, Abe Sada committed the most notorious crime in twentieth-century Japan--the murder and emasculation of her lover. What made her do it? And why was she found guilty of murder yet sentenced to only six years in prison? Why have this wom...

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