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

"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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Main Author: Partner, Simon, 1958- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2024]
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