1st Edition
The Prison Memoirs of a Japanese Woman
226 Pages
by
Routledge
226 Pages
by
Routledge
226 Pages
by
Routledge
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Kaneko Fumiko (1903-1926) wrote this memoir while in prison after being convicted of plotting to assassinate the Japanese emperor. Despite an early life of misery, deprivation, and hardship, she grew up to be a strong and independent young woman. When she moved to Tokyo in 1920, she gravitated to left-wing groups and eventually joined with the Korean nihilist Pak Yeol to form a two-person nihilist... Read more
Chapter 1 Father; Chapter 2 Mother; Chapter 3 Kobayashi?€?s Village; Chapter 4 Mother?€?s Family; Chapter 5 My New Home; Chapter 6 Bugang; Chapter 7 The Iwashitas; Chapter 8 My Life in Korea; Chapter 9 Home Again; Chapter 10 Into the Tiger?€?s Mouth; Chapter 11 The Vortex of Sex; Chapter 12 Farewell Father!; Chapter 13 To Tokyo!; Chapter 14 Great-Uncle?€?s House; Chapter 15 Newsgirl; Chapter 16 Street Vendor; Chapter 17 Maid; Chapter 18 Drifter; Chapter 19 A Work of My Own!; Chapter 20 Afterword;
Biography
Kaneko Fumiko, Jean Inglis, Mikiso Hane
