| Description |
313 pages ; 22 cm |
| Summary |
"As a young girl from a wealthy family, Ginko Ogino seems set for a conventional life in the male-dominated society of nineteenth-century Japan. But when she contracts gonorrhoea from her husband, she suffers the ignominy of divorce. Forced to bear the humiliation of being treated by male doctors, she resolves to become a doctor herself in order to treat fellow female sufferers and spare them some of the shame she had to endure." "As more and more obstacles are placed before her, will she give in to social pressure or continue to fight against her world and her times?"--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Translation of: "Hanauzumi", Kawade Shobō Shinsha, 1970 |
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"This book has been selected by the Japanese Literature Publishing Project (JLPP) which is run by the Japanese Literature Publishing and Promotion Centre (J-Lit Center) on behalf of the Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan"--T.p. verso |
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Translated from the Japanese |
| Subject |
880-03 Ogino, Ginko, 1851-1913 -- Fiction.
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880-03/$1 荻野吟子, 1851-1913 -- Fiction.
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Japanese fiction.
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Women physicians -- Japan -- Fiction.
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| SUBJECT |
Japan -- History -- 19th century http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069480 -- Fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562
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Japan -- Social conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069572 -- Fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562
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| Genre/Form |
Biographical fiction
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| Author |
Iwabuchi, Deborah Stuhr.
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Isozaki, Anna Husson, 1968-
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Japan. Bunkachō.
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Japanese Literature Publishing Project.
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| LC no. |
2009291481 |
| ISBN |
9781846880643 hardback |
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1846880645 hardback |
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