Reflections on the Way to the Gallows: Rebel Women in Prewar Japan

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In this book, for the first time, we can hear the startling, moving voices of adventurous and rebellious Japanese women as they eloquently challenged the social repression of prewar Japan. The extraordinary women whose memoirs, recollections, and essays are presented here constitute a strong current in the history of modern Japanese life from the 1880s to the outbreak of the Pacific War. Contents......Page 6 Acknowledgments......Page 8 1. Introduction......Page 12 Status of Women after the Meiji Restoration......Page 18 From Liberalism to Radicalism......Page 27 Introduction......Page 40 Half of My Lifetime......Page 45 Introduction......Page 62 Reflections on the Way to the Gallows......Page 69 Introduction......Page 86 What Made Me Do What I Did......Page 91 The Red Wave Society......Page 136 Sakai Magara (1903-1983)......Page 138 Hashiura Haruko (1898-1975)......Page 142 Kutsumi Fusako (1890-1980)......Page 150 Kutsumi Fusako's Recollections......Page 152 Yamakawa Kikue (1890-1980)......Page 172 Yamakawa Kikue's Memoirs......Page 175 Tanno Setsu......Page 186 Tenant Disputes in Kisaki Village, 1922......Page 214 Takizawa Mii's Recollections......Page 215 Ikeda Seki's Experience......Page 218 Sato Tsugi's Story (Sato Satoji's Wife)......Page 220 Introduction......Page 224 Bog Rhubarb Shoots......Page 226 Notes......Page 264