Koume's World The Life and Work of a Samurai Woman Before and after the Meiji Restoration |
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| Author:
| Partner, Simon |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-21185-7 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2023 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $35.00 |
Book Description:
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Kawai Koume (1804-1889) was an accomplished poet and painter and a wife, mother, and grandmother in a lower-ranking samurai family in a provincial castle town. Through her eyes and words, Simon Partner opens a window on social, economic, and cultural life amid some of the most dramatic periods of Japan's transformative nineteenth century.
Kawai Koume (1804-1889) was an accomplished poet and painter and a wife, mother, and grandmother in a lower-ranking samurai family in a provincial castle town. Through her eyes and words, Simon Partner opens a window on social, economic, and cultural life amid some of the most dramatic periods of Japan's transformative nineteenth century.