num_pages: 259
description: First published in 1985, Pictures from the Water Trade brought Morley instant international acclaim as a vivid stylist. Now recognized as a classic work, this incisive portrait of Japanese society investigates a nation whose deeper proclivities remain veiled behind cliches cherished in the West.
language: English
title: Pictures from the Water Trade: The Extraodinarily Evocative, at Times Erotic, Story of a Westerner's Discovery of Japan
publisher: St. Martin's