Heroic with Grace: Legendary Women of Japan

by Chieko Irie Mulhern

Overview

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

ISBN-13:	9781317468677
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/12/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	344
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Chieko Irie Mulhern

Table 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;