| Description |
1 online resource (x, 282 pages) : illustrations |
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Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series |
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Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series.
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| Contents |
pt. I. Preliminaries. 1. Treason and treachery, documents and discourse ; 2. The work (structure, logic, method) -- pt. II. Engagements with death. 3. Kanno Suga : 'The unswerving path' ; 4. Kaneko Fumiko : 'The will to die' ; 5. Commentary : discourse on death and beyond ; 6. Commentary : martyrs, nihilists and other rebel heroes -- pt. III. Life-narratives. 7. Kanno Suga (1902-1911) ; 8. Kaneko Fumiko (1922-1926) -- Epilogue |
| Summary |
An inspiring analysis of events surrounding two women's attempted assassination of the Emperor of Japan, and the separate penalties faced by these women both in terms of their death sentences and the wider context surrounding their lives |
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"Kanno Suga and Kaneko Fumika were both found guilty on different occasions in 1911 and 1926 of conspiring to assassinate the Japanese emperor. Kanno was executed and Kaneko hanged herself whilst in prison, but both women maintained their defiance of the state even in the face of death. Through examination of their own life stories and writings, Helene Bowen Raddeker brings to life the women's own interpretations of their lives and their attitudes to death, with the associations of political martyrdom, heroism and notions of immortality. She finds that their self-presentations became weapons in an ideological war of words about social and political realities and their deaths were a means of self-empowerment within their historical context"--Publisher's description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-276) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Kanno, Sugako, 1881-1911.
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Kaneko, Fumiko, 1902-1926.
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Meiji, Emperor of Japan, 1852-1912 -- Assassination attempt, 1910
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Taishō, Emperor of Japan, 1879-1926 -- Assassination attempt, 1923
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Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 1901-1989 -- Assassination attempts
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Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 1901-1989 fast |
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Kaneko, Fumiko, 1902-1926 fast |
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Kanno, Sugako, 1881-1911 fast |
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Meiji, Emperor of Japan, 1852-1912 fast |
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Taishō, Emperor of Japan, 1879-1926 fast |
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Anarchists -- Japan -- Biography
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Socialists -- Japan -- Biography
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Women anarchists -- Japan -- Biography
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Women socialists -- Japan -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY.
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Anarchists
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Attempted assassination
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Socialists
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Women anarchists
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Women socialists
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Japan -- History -- 20th century -- Biography
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Japan -- Biography
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| Subject |
Japan
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0585455716 |
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9780585455716 |
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0203448766 |
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9780203448762 |
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9786610109173 |
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6610109176 |
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9781134696192 |
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1134696191 |
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9781134696147 |
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1134696140 |
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9781134696185 |
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1134696183 |
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9781138986138 |
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1138986135 |
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