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Counting Dreams : The Life and Writings of the Loyalist Nun Nomura Bōtō / Roger K. Thomas.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 online resource (354 p.) : 7 b&w halftones, 1 chartContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781501759994
  • 9781501760013
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 294.3092 23
LOC classification:
  • PL799.N6
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Translation -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Girlhood to Widowhood -- Chapter 2. Loyalist -- Chapter 3. Imprisonment and Exile -- Chapter 4. In Chōshū -- Chapter 5. Poetry -- Chapter 6. Diaries -- Chapter 7. Legacy -- Conclusion -- Sources I. Diary of My Journey to the Capital -- Sources II. Counting Dreams -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Counting Dreams tells the story of Nomura Bōtō, a Buddhist nun, writer, poet, and activist who joined the movement to oppose the Tokugawa Shogunate and restore imperial rule. Banished for her political activities, Bōtō was imprisoned on a remote island until her comrades rescued her in a dramatic jailbreak, spiriting her away under gunfire. Roger K. Thomas examines Bōtō's life, writing, and legacy, and provides annotated translations of two of her literary diaries, shedding light on life and society in Japan's tumultuous bakumatsu period and challenging preconceptions about women's roles in the era.Thomas interweaves analysis of Bōtō's poetry and diaries with the history of her life and activism, examining their interrelationship and revealing how she brought two worlds—the poetic and the political—together. Counting Dreams illustrates Bōtō's significant role in the loyalist movement, depicting the adventurous life of a complex woman in Japan on the cusp of the Meiji Restoration.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Translation -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Girlhood to Widowhood -- Chapter 2. Loyalist -- Chapter 3. Imprisonment and Exile -- Chapter 4. In Chōshū -- Chapter 5. Poetry -- Chapter 6. Diaries -- Chapter 7. Legacy -- Conclusion -- Sources I. Diary of My Journey to the Capital -- Sources II. Counting Dreams -- Bibliography -- Index

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Counting Dreams tells the story of Nomura Bōtō, a Buddhist nun, writer, poet, and activist who joined the movement to oppose the Tokugawa Shogunate and restore imperial rule. Banished for her political activities, Bōtō was imprisoned on a remote island until her comrades rescued her in a dramatic jailbreak, spiriting her away under gunfire. Roger K. Thomas examines Bōtō's life, writing, and legacy, and provides annotated translations of two of her literary diaries, shedding light on life and society in Japan's tumultuous bakumatsu period and challenging preconceptions about women's roles in the era.Thomas interweaves analysis of Bōtō's poetry and diaries with the history of her life and activism, examining their interrelationship and revealing how she brought two worlds—the poetic and the political—together. Counting Dreams illustrates Bōtō's significant role in the loyalist movement, depicting the adventurous life of a complex woman in Japan on the cusp of the Meiji Restoration.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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