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Stephen Longstreet (1907-2002) was a prolific novelist,
screenwriter, cartoonist and artist whose work ranged from gourmet
cookbooks to potboiler detective novels to portraits of American
jazz greats. He published over 100 books in his lifetime, including
the novel The Sisters Liked Them Handsome which was turned into a
successful Broadway musical. He also wrote screenplays that were
made into films starring Hollywood greats from Ronald Reagan to
Errol Flynn.
Ethel Longstreet (1909-1999) was the co-author of a number
of these books and a frequent lecturer. The Longstreets were avid
collectors of rare Japanese prints and drawings, a pursuit that
drew them to research and write this book.
Introduction By:
Stephen Mansfield, an author and freelance photojournalist
based in Japan, has contributed to over 60 magazines, newspapers
and journals worldwide. His books include Tokyo: A Cultural and
Literary History, Japanese Stone Gardens: Origins, Meaning, Form
and Japan's Master Gardens.
"Stephen Longstreet is the perfect American to reflect on the
Yoshiwara pleasure district. A painter, jazzman, Hollywood
screenplay writer, at home in both Saint Germain des Pres's Tabu
and Harlem's Cotton Club, he instinctively identifies Yoshiwara as
the Chrysanthemum Vie de Boheme as he effortlessly conjures the
kaleidoscope of senses which Yoshiwara offered…" -- Asian Review of
Books
"Geishas and The Floating World really does do a remarkable job of
capturing the essence of what life was like for the denizens of the
pleasure city." --Yamato Magazine
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