It takes the average reader 5 hours and 6 minutes to read The Search for the Beautiful Woman by Kyō Chō
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
For centuries, Japanese culture, including ideals of feminine beauty, was profoundly shaped by China. In this first full comparative history on the subject, Cho Kyo explores changing standards of beauty in China and Japan, ranging from plumpness to bound feet to blackened teeth. Drawing on a rich array of sources gathered over a decade of research, he considers which Chinese representations were rejected or accepted and transformed in Japan. He then traces the introduction of Western aesthetics into Japan starting in the Meiji era, leading to slowly developing but radical changes in the repres.
The Search for the Beautiful Woman by Kyō Chō is 303 pages long, and a total of 76,659 words.
This makes it 102% the length of the average book. It also has 94% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 58 minutes to read The Search for the Beautiful Woman aloud.
The Search for the Beautiful Woman is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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