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Hanakatsura: The Works of Famous  Literary Women in Japan

Hanakatsura: The Works of Famous Literary Women in Japan

ByTei FugiuKaho Miyake

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Originally published in Tokyo in 1903, Hanakatsura (literally “garland of flowers”) features a biographical sketch of the activist and author Kishida Toshiko (Baroness Nakajima) plus four short stories by Japanese women writers of the Meiji era: Akebonozome: A Cloth Dyed in Rainbow Colors, by Kaho Miyake Ōtsugomori: The Last Day of the Year, by Ichiyo Higuchi Onisenbiki: The Thousand Devils, by Usurai Kitada (Mrs. Kajita) Shinobine, by Otsuka Kusuo Compiled and translated by Tei Fujiu, four memorable and affecting stories depict women experiencing the frustrations of traditional family roles within an emergent commercial society at the turn of the century. The men seem preoccupied with buying and selling votes, fighting foreign wars, ignoring their families, or going out on the town; and they are fully capable of rejecting a bride for her looks or just letting a new wife walk away. Meanwhile, young female characters cope with overall shabbiness, lost samurai dignity, orphanhood, servitude, poverty, indebtedness, jealous sisters, stepmothers, and mothers-in-law, and the combined challenges of being blind, ugly, alone, and empathetic.

Details

Publication Date
Nov 28, 2022
Language
English
ISBN
9781609622725
Category
Fiction
Copyright
Some Rights Reserved - Creative Commons (CC BY)
Contributors
Translated by: Tei Fugiu, By (author): Kaho Miyake, By (author): Ichiyo Higuchi, By (author): Usurai Kitada, By (author): Otsuka Kusuo

Specifications

Pages
100
Binding Type
Paperback Perfect Bound
Interior Color
Black & White
Dimensions
Pocket Book (4.25 x 6.875 in / 108 x 175 mm)

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