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Koume's world : the life and work of a samurai woman before and after the Meiji restoration /

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"Kawai Koume (1804-1889) was an accomplished poet and painter and a wife, mother, and grandmother in a lower-ranking samurai family in the provincial castle town of Wakayama. She was an eyewitness to many of the key events leading up to the Meiji Restoration and the radical changes that followe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Partner, Simon, 1958- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2024]
Subjects:
Kawai, Koume, > 1804-1889.
Kawai, Koume, > 1804-1889 > Diaries.
Kawai, Koume, > 1804-1889
Women > Japan > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Samurai > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Wakayama-ken (Japan) > History.
Japan > Civilization > 1600-1868.
Japan > Civilization > 1868-1912.
Femmes > Japon > Mœurs et coutumes > 19e siècle.
Samouraï > Mœurs et coutumes > 19e siècle.
Japon > Civilisation > 1600-1868.
Japon > Civilisation > 1868-1912.
Civilization
Diaries
Samurai > Social life and customs
Women > Social life and customs
Japan
Japan > Wakayama-ken
1600-1912
History

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