| Description |
2 volumes ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Japanese literature series |
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Japanese literature series.
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| Summary |
Tokyo Seven Roses' is set in Japan during the waning months of WWII and the beginning of the Occupation. It is written as a diary kept from April 1945 to April 1946 by Shinsuke Yamanaka, a fifty-three-year-old fan-maker living in Nezu, part of Tokyo's shitamachi (old-town) district. After the war, Shinsuke learns by chance that the Occupation forces are plotting a nefarious scheme: in order to cut Japan off from its dreadful past, they intend to see that the language is written henceforth using the alphabet. To fight off this unheard-of threat to the integrity of Japanese culture, seven beautiful women - the Seven Roses - take a stand |
| Notes |
"This book has been selected by the Japanese Literature Publishing Project (JLPP), an initiative of the Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan" -- verso t.p |
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Translation of: Tokyo sebun rozu. Tokyo : Bungei Shunju, 2002 |
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Translated from the Japanese |
| Subject |
Japanese fiction -- 21st century.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan -- Fiction.
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| SUBJECT |
Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069508 -- Fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562
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| Genre/Form |
Diary fiction.
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Novels.
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| Author |
Hunter, Jeffrey, translator
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Japanese Literature Publishing Project, sponsor
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| ISBN |
0857280430 (v. 1) |
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0857280457 (v. 2) |
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9780857280435 (v. 1) |
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9780857280459 (v. 2) |
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