Women of the Mito Domain Recollections of Samurai Family Life

Name: Women of the Mito Domain Recollections of Samurai Family Life
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ISBN: 9780804731492

ISBN-10: 0804731497

ISBN-13: 9780804731492

Edition: 2001

Authors: Kikue Yamakawa, Kate Wildman Nakai

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Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 4/1/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 228
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.50" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Kate Wildman Nakai is Professor of Japanese History at Sophia University, Tokyo.



Maps


Introduction


Women of the Mito Domain


Preface


The Routine of the School


The Days of a Housewife


Learning One's Letters


At Needlework School


Dress


Grooming


Food


Dwellings


Amusements


Cousins and Aunts


Marriage and Divorce


The Turmoil of '64


Time of Trial


The Restoration and Women


Notes on Late-Tokugawa Mito


Translator's Note


Stipends, Office Salaries, and Allowances


The Economics of Bushi Life


Begrudging One Drop of Oil


Stinginess, Frugality, and Decadence


Concubines, Abortion, and Infanticide


A Sacrificial Victim


Abortion and Infanticide


A Match Arranged by the Lord


The Fate of a Runaway Daughter


Genealogies


Measurements and Currency


Index