Heroic with Grace - Legendary Women of Japan

Presents the lives and times of eight prominent Japanese women who epitomize the tragedies and triumphs of eight characteristically female roles. It covers issues of women's status throughout Japanese history, the concept of Japanese womanhood and the popular need for strong female figures.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Empress Jing?, Michiko Y. Aoki; Chapter 2 Jit? Tenn?, Michiko Y. Aoki; Chapter 3 Murasaki Shikibu, Felice Fischer; Chapter 4 Tomoe, Royall Tyler; Chapter 5 H?j? Masako, Margaret Fukazawa Benton; Chapter 6 Hani Motoko, Chieko Irie Mulhern; Chapter 7 Takamine Hideko, James O’Brien; Chapter 8 Ariyoshi Sawako, Mildred Tahara;

About the author

Chieko Irie Mulhern

Summary

This work presents the lives and times of eight prominent Japanese women who epitomize the tragedies and triumphs of eight characteristically female roles. In examining the lives of the mythological Empress Jingu, Jito Tenno (645-702), Murasaki Shikibu (970s-1000s), Tomoe Gozen (12th century), Hojo Masako (1157-1225), Hani Motoko (1873-1957), Takamine Hideko (b.1924) and Ariyoshi Sawako (1931-1984), the contributors provide a mosaic of Japanese history and culture that encompasses issues of women's status in various stages of Japanese history, the social climate conducive to positive female roles, the concept of Japanese womanhood in relation to the male hero types of each age and the popular need for strong female figures.

Product details

• Authors: Chieko Irie Mulhern
• Assisted by: Chieko Irie Mulhern (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.1991
• EAN: 9780873325271
• ISBN: 978-0-87332-527-1
• No. of pages: 344
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Japan, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, HISTORY / Women, Asian History, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls