Women and networks in nineteenth-century Japan / edited by Bettina Gramlich-Oka [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gramlich-Oka, Bettina, editor.

Series:

Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies

Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies ; v.90

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Social networks--Japan--History--19th century.

Women.

Women--Social conditions--Japan--19th century.

Japan--Social conditions--19th century.

Japan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, [2020]

Summary:

Although scholars have emphasized the importance of women's networks for civil society in twentieth-century Japan, Women and Networks in Nineteenth-Century Japan is the first book to tackle the subject for the contentious and consequential nineteenth century.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Editorial Note

Introduction

Part 1: Women's Networks Forged through Their Families

1. Women's Roles in Men's Narratives of Samurai Life | Luke S. Roberts

2. Rai Shizu's Multiple Networks | Bettina Gramlich-Oka

3. The Creation of Female Networks in Exile: Hirata Atsutane and Orise's Banishment to Akita | Anne Walthall

4. Upholding the Household: Bakin's Daughter-in-Law and Her Diary | Itasaka Noriko, Translated by Yamamoto Yoshitaka

5. Building Networks on the Fly: The Travails of Travel for Domain Lords' Women | Shiba Keiko, Translated by Anne Walthall

Part 2: Women's Networks Apart from Family

6. Networks of Believers in a New Religion: Female Devotees of Fujidō | Miyazaki Fumiko

7. Early Meiji Working Women: Female Workers' Networks in Records of the Tomioka Silk Mill | Sugano Noriko, Translated by Yamamoto Yoshitaka

8. From Concubine to Activist and "Anonymous Founder": The Role of Networks in Sumiya Koume's Life | Marnie S. Anderson

Part 3: Women's Roles in Men's Networks

9. Expanding and Multilayering Networks in Nineteenth-Century Japan: The Case of the Shin-Yoshiwara Red-Light District | Yokoyama Yuriko, Translated by Jeffrey Knott

10. Female Networks and Social Stratification in Meiji Japan: From the Perspective of Fukuzawa Yukichi | Nishizawa Naoko, Translated by Jeffrey Knott

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-472-12733-0

OCLC:

1161988606