Suicidal honor : General Nogi and the writings of Mori Ōgai and Natsume Sōseki /

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On September 13, 1912, the day of Emperor Meiji's funeral, General Nogi Maresuke committed ritual suicide by seppuku (disembowelment). It was an act of delayed atonement that paid a debt of honor incurred thirty-five years earlier. The revered military hero's wife joined in his act of juns...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bargen, Doris G. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2006.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Nogi, Maresuke, > 1849-1912.
Nogi, Maresuke, > 1849-1912 > In literature.
Mori, Ōgai, > 1862-1922 > Criticism and interpretation.
Natsume, Sōseki, > 1867-1916 > Criticism and interpretation.
Mori, Ōgai, > 1862-1922 > Critique et interprétation.
Natsume, Sōseki, > 1867-1916 > Critique et interprétation.
Mori, Ōgai, > 1862-1922.
Natsume, Sōseki, > 1867-1916.
Since 1868
Seppuku.
Suicide in literature.
Japanese literature > 1868- > History and criticism.
Nogi, Maresuke, 1849-1912, dans la littérature.
Suicide dans la littérature.
Littérature japonaise > 1868- > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Asian > Japanese.
Japanese literature.
Literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "Following one's lord into death". Sacrifice and self-sacrifice ; The Japanese custom of junshi
  • Nogi in history. Nogi's life sentences ; The sword and the brush
  • Nogi in literature. Mori Ōgai's junshi stories. "Okitsu Yagoemon no isho" (first version): junshi postponed ; "Sahashi Jingorō": anything but seppuku ; "Okitsu Yagoemon no isho" (second version): a spectacle for the lord's successor ; "Abe ichizoku": the perplexities of permission ; Mori Ōgai's "Sakai jiken": rebellion and martyrdom ; Natsume Sōseki's Kokoro: living as though dead
  • Coda: last stands in ancient Rome and modern Japan.

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