Suicidal Honor: General Nogi and the Writings of Mori Ogai and Natsume Soseki 9780824864514
On September 13, 1912, the day of Emperor Meiji’s funeral, General Nogi Maresuke committed ritual suicide by seppuku (di
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Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
A Note on Dates, Names, and Crests
Introduction: An Incomprehensible Act
Part I: “Following One’s Lord into Death”
1. Sacrifice and Self-Sacrifice
2. The Japanese Custom of Junshi
Part II. Nogi in History
3. Nogi’s Life Sentences
4. The Sword and the Brush
Part III. Nogi in Literature
5. Mori Ōgai’s Junshi Stories
6. Mori Ōgai’s “Sakai jiken”: Rebellion and Martyrdom
7. Natsume Sōseki’s Kokoro: Living as Though Dead
Coda: Last Stands in Ancient Rome and Modern Japan
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Contents
Acknowledgments
A Note on Dates, Names, and Crests
Introduction: An Incomprehensible Act
Part I: “Following One’s Lord into Death”
1. Sacrifice and Self-Sacrifice
2. The Japanese Custom of Junshi
Part II. Nogi in History
3. Nogi’s Life Sentences
4. The Sword and the Brush
Part III. Nogi in Literature
5. Mori Ōgai’s Junshi Stories
6. Mori Ōgai’s “Sakai jiken”: Rebellion and Martyrdom
7. Natsume Sōseki’s Kokoro: Living as Though Dead
Coda: Last Stands in Ancient Rome and Modern Japan
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
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