Noe Ito came of age during Japan's Taisho era (1912-26), a period of widespread unrest and radical change. Beauty in Disarray is Ito's thrilling story. Her life touches on emotions including alienation, rebellion, passion and persecution, all in twenty-eight short years. She was married three times and gave birth to seven children; she was at the centre of a scandal when another woman stabbed her lover because he had started living with Ito. Harumi Setouchi has created a remarkable portrait of an exceptional woman.
- ISBN10 0804833222
- ISBN13 9780804833226
- Publish Date 1 February 2005 (first published 15 August 1993)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 7 June 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Tuttle Publishing
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 352
- Language English