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()(This collection of readings, designed to illustrate common human concerns in Japanese society, will be a useful new resource for all who are interested in Japanese culture and tradition. From these selections --all by Japanese and many of them very personal accounts-- the reader will see the Japanese from an unusual perspective, that of the people themselves.^@Nearly two-thirds of the selections are translated here for the first time and are not available in English elsewhere. The readings include autobiographical material, letters, sermons, legends, and short stories ; also excerpts from novels, newspaper accounts, interviews, and even an etiquette manual. The earliest selections date from the eleventh century and the most recent from 1976 ; the greatest number depict daily life in the first half of the twentieth century and the years since World War II.^@By providing primary sources this book accomplishes something no text or collection of secondary readings alone can do. New understanding and insights into the lives of the nonelites of Japanese society may be gained from the widely varied materials offered in this collection --altogether an interesting and intellectually rewarding experience.^@The book is divided into four parts, with selections arranged chronologically. Part 1 (Religion) includes a wide range from LJapanese FolktalesL to LThe Prophet of TabuseL. Part 2 (The Family) begins with LLove Suicides at AmijimaL and concludes with LHousewife and WomanL. Part 3 (The Community) opens with LThe EarthL and closes with LOne WomanLs OutcryL. Part 4 (The State) ranges from LThe Judge Ooka TalesL to LThe Lockheed ScandalL.^@Michiko Y. Aoki received her Ph.D. degree from Columbia University in 1970 and is teaching Asian history at Roger Williams College, Bristol, Rhode Island. Her publications include LIzumo FudokiL and LAncient Myths and Early History of Japan : A Cultural Foundation.L She is a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland.^@Margaret B. Dardess completed the Ph.D. degree in Japanese history at Columbia University in 1973. After having taught at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, she extended her study into the area of law. She received a J.D. degree from the University of Kansas Law School in 1980 and is at present practicing law in Pennsylvania.^@„CONTENTS^@PART 1.RELIGION^@Japanese Folktales^Tales of Toono^The Nariai Kannon^The Jizoo with the Bamboo Hats^Three Tales from Uji^Evening Addresses of Sage Ninomiya^A Sermon by Hosoi Heishuu^The Buddha Tree^The Prophet of Tabuse^@PART 2.THE FAMILY^@Love Suicides at Amijima^The Makioka Sisters^The Sound of the Mountain^On Becoming an Adoptee^Memoirs of a Successful Woman^Grandfather Soohachi^Advice to Young Mothers^Housewife and Woman^@PART 3.THE COMMUNITY^@The Earth^The Laws of the Hamlet^Relations with Neighbors^The Talisman^The Thirty-Fifth Anniversary^Incident at Asama Villa^Korean Residents at Inoshino^One WomanLs Outcry^@PART 4.THE STATE^@The Judge Oooka Tales^Soogo of Sakura^The Sinking Village^A Protest Against My Charge^Popular Views of the Emperor^The Lockheed Scandal^) |
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