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The Chaos and Cosmos of Kurosawa Tokiko: One Womans Transit from Tokugawa to Meiji Japan
Laura Nenzi
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Description for The Chaos and Cosmos of Kurosawa Tokiko: One Womans Transit from Tokugawa to Meiji Japan
Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: B; HBT; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Chaos and Cosmos of Kurosawa Tokiko is the story of a selfdescribed “base-born nobody” who tried to change the course of Japanese history. Kurosawa Tokiko (1806–1890), a commoner from rural Mito domain, was a poet, teacher, oracle, and politicalactivist. In 1859 she embraced the xenophobic loyalist faction (known for the motto “revere the emperor, expel the barbarians”) and traveled to Kyoto to denounce the shogun’s policies before the emperor. She was arrested for slander, taken to Edo’s infamousTenmach? prison, and sentenced to banishment. In her later years, having crossed the Tokugawa-Meiji divide, Tokiko became an elementary school teacher and experienced ... Read more
Chaos and Cosmos of Kurosawa Tokiko is the story of a selfdescribed “base-born nobody” who tried to change the course of Japanese history. Kurosawa Tokiko (1806–1890), a commoner from rural Mito domain, was a poet, teacher, oracle, and politicalactivist. In 1859 she embraced the xenophobic loyalist faction (known for the motto “revere the emperor, expel the barbarians”) and traveled to Kyoto to denounce the shogun’s policies before the emperor. She was arrested for slander, taken to Edo’s infamousTenmach? prison, and sentenced to banishment. In her later years, having crossed the Tokugawa-Meiji divide, Tokiko became an elementary school teacher and experienced ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Univ of Hawaii Pr
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Honolulu, HI, United States
ISBN
9780824839574
SKU
V9780824839574
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About Laura Nenzi
Laura Nenzi is associate professor of history at the University of Tennessee, USA.
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