Heroic with Grace: Legendary Women of Japan

By Chieko Irie Mulhern

Book 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873325524
• ISBN13: 9780873325523
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary