Geisha, Harlot, Strangler, Star: A Woman, Sex, And Morality inModern Japan by William Johnston

Geisha, Harlot, Strangler, Star: A Woman, Sex, And Morality inModern Japan

Asia Perspectives: History, Society, and Culture

William Johnston

272 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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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 w...

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