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The chaos and cosmos of Kurosawa Tokiko : one woman's transit from Tokugawa to Meiji Japan /

Chaos and Cosmos of Kurosawa Tokiko is the story of a self-described "base-born nobody" who tried to change the course of Japanese history. Kurosawa Tokiko (1806-1890), a commoner from rural Mito domain, was a poet, teacher, oracle, and political activist. In 1859 she embraced the xenophob...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nenzi, Laura (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The flight of a sparrow
  • A nest and a nexus
  • Circles and circumstances
  • Glimpses of history (the script)
  • From script to action
  • Caged bird
  • The chaos and cosmos of Kurosawa Tokiko
  • Transitions
  • Rescuing the past from the present
  • The many reincarnations of Kurosawa Tokiko
  • Circles redrawn: the view from Mito
  • Postscript: new scripts
  • Conclusion.