The budding tree: six stories of love in Edo

In the latter half of the Edo period, the warrior caste was finding itself pushed out of the top echelons of Japanese society & repeated famines swept the countryside. Against this backdrop, a small number of women built themselves independent lives. The stories in this book recount the conditio...

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Main Author: Kitahara, Aiko 1938-2013 (Author)
Other Authors: MacDonald, Ian McCullough (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Japanese
Published: Champaign, Ill. Dalkey Archive Press 2008
Edition:1. Engl. transl.
Series:Japanese literature series
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:In the latter half of the Edo period, the warrior caste was finding itself pushed out of the top echelons of Japanese society & repeated famines swept the countryside. Against this backdrop, a small number of women built themselves independent lives. The stories in this book recount the conditions in which these women lived.
Item Description:"Originally published in Japanese as Koiwasuregusa by Bungei Shunju, Tokyo". - T.p. verso
Physical Description:170 S.
ISBN:9781564784896
1564784894

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