Kawai Koume (1804–1889) was an accomplished poet and painter and a wife, mother, and grandmother in a lower-ranking samurai family in a provincial castle town. Through her eyes and words, Simon Partner opens a window on social, economic, and cultural life amid some of the most dramatic periods of Japan’s transformative nineteenth century.


Format Häftad Omfång 312 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Columbia University Press Utgivningsdatum 2023-12-12 ISBN 9780231211857