Synopses & Reviews
In this book, for the first time, we can hear the startling, moving voices of adventurous and rebellious Japanese women as they eloquently challenged the social repression of prewar Japan. The extraordinary women whose memoirs, recollections, and essays are presented here constitute a strong current in the history of modern Japanese life from the 1880s to the outbreak of the Pacific War.
About the Author
Mikiso Hane (1922-2003) was Szold Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois.
Table of Contents
People's rights and national rights / Fukuda Hideko --Reflections on the way to the gallows / Kanno Sugako --The road to nihilism / Kaneko Fumiko -- The Sekirankai / Sakai Magara ... et al. -- From the factories and the rice paddies / Tanno Setsu -- Tenant disputes in Kisaki village / Takizawa Mii, Ikeda Seki, Satåo Tsugi -- The world of the stars / Yamashiro Tomoe.