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Book SynopsisHiratsuka Raicho (1886-1971) was the most influential figure in the early women's movement in Japan. This autobiography describes her childhood, early youth, and subsequent rebellion against the strict social codes of the time.
Trade ReviewThis autobiography of Japan's foremost feminist presents a vivid portrait, rich in detail, of the education and everyday life for the daughter of a government bureaucrat growing up in Tokyo during the 1890s. Raicho Hiratsuka's transformation into an activist intellectual who, as the founding editor of the landmark journal Seito, recast the boundaries of feminist discourse deserves the widest possible readership in Japanese studies. Teruko Craig's admirably smooth and fluid translation is a pleasure to read and a major contribution to our field. -- Joan E. Ericson, associate professor of Japanese, Colorado College, and author of Be a Woman: Hayashi Fumiko and Modern Japanese Women's Literature Everyone interested in Japanese feminism owes Craig an immense debt of gratitude for choosing to undertake this translation, and for doing it so well... Essential. Choice A tour de force of meticulous scholarship and exquisitely rendered English. Monumenta Nipponica A significant contribution to Japanese Studies and to the study of feminist thought as a transnational phenomenon. -- Jan Bardsley Pacific Affairs An absorbing read for Asian specialists and for general readers. -- Kathleen S. Uno The Journa of Asian Studies
