The Prison Memoirs of a Japanese Woman 0873328027, 9780873328029
Kaneko Fumiko (1903-1926) wrote this memoir while in prison after being convicted of plotting to assassinate the Japanes
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English Pages 226 [274] Year 1991
Contents
Introduction by Mikiso Hane
Preface
Father
Mother
Kobayashi's Village
Mother 's Family
My New Home
Bugang
The Iwashitas
My Life in Korea
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
XII
XIII
XIV
XV
XVI
XVII
XVIII
XIX
Home Again
Into the Tiger's Mouth
The Vortex of Sex
Farewell Father!
To Tokyo!
Great-Uncle's House
Newsgirl
Street Vendor
Maid
Drifter
A Work of My Own!
Afterword
Glossary
Index
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The Prison Memoirs of a Japanese Woman
Autobiographies and Memoirs of Women from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America Geraldine Forbes, Series Editor
SHUDHA MAZUMDAR MEMOIRS OF AN INDIAN WOMAN Edited with an Introduction by Geraldine Forbes
CHEN XUEZHAO SURVIVING THE STORM A Memoir Edited with an Introduction by Jeffrey C. Kinkley Translated by Ti Hua and Caroline Greene
KANEKO FUMIKO THE PRISON MEMOIRS OF A JAPANESE WOMAN Translated by Jean Inglis Introduction by Mikiso Hane
Kaneko Fumiko
The Prison Memoirs of a Japanese Woman
Translated by Jean Inglis Introduction by Mikiso Hane
An East Gate Book M. E. Sharpe, Inc. Armonk, New York London, England
An East Gate Book
Copyright © 1991 by M. E. Sharpe, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher, M. E. Sharpe, Inc., 80 Business Park Drive, Armonk, New York 10504. Available in the United Kingdom and Europe from M. E. Sharpe, Publishers, 3 Henrietta Street, London WC2E 8LU.
library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Kaneko, Fumiko, 1902-1926. [Nani ga watakushi o ko saseta ka. English] The prison memoirs of a Japanese woman I author Kaneko Fumiko; translator Jean Inglis. p.
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Translation of: Nani ga watakushi o ko saseta ka. ISBN 0-87332-802-7 1. Kaneko, Fumiko, 1902-1926. 2. Japan-Biography. I. Title. CT1828.K32A3
1991
952.03'2'092-dc20 91-14196 CIP Printed in the United States of America
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Contents
Introduction
MikisoHane
vii
Preface
3
Father
7
Mother
20
Kobayashi's Village
37
Mother's Family
48
My New Home
55
Bugang
57
The Iwashitas
60
My Life in Korea
62
Home Again
121
Into the Tiger' s Mouth
132
The Vortex of Sex
146
Farewell Father!
166
To Tokyo!
168
Great-Uncle's House
170
Newsgirl
175
Street Vendor
192
Maid
204
Drifter
215
A Work of My Own!
231
Afterword
248
Glossary
249
Index
251
Introduction MII