My Asakusa: Coming of Age in Pre-war Tokyo

by Sadako Sawamura

Norman E. Stafford (Translator) and Yasuhiro Kawamura (Translator)

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Born and raised in the now-extinct Shitmachi district of Asakusa, a neighbourhood brimming with Kabuki theatres and geisha, Sadako Sawamura tells of her rise to icon status, including her account of serving a jail sentence for her pro-communist sympathies.
  • ISBN10 0804821356
  • ISBN13 9780804821353
  • Publish Date 1 August 2000
  • Publish Status Transferred
  • Out of Print 7 June 2011
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Tuttle Publishing
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 304
  • Language English