Heroic with Grace

Heroic with Grace
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 345
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ISBN-10 : 9781317468684
ISBN-13 : 1317468686
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Book Synopsis Heroic with Grace by : Chieko Irie Mulhern

Download or read book Heroic with Grace written by Chieko Irie Mulhern and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-02-12 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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