The Prison Memoirs of a Japanese Woman 0873328027, 9780873328029

Table of contents :
Contents
Introduction by Mikiso Hane
Preface
Father
Mother
Kobayashi's Village
Mother 's Family
My New Home
Bugang
The Iwashitas
My Life in Korea
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
XII
XIII
XIV
XV
XVI
XVII
XVIII
XIX
Home Again
Into the Tiger's Mouth
The Vortex of Sex
Farewell Father!
To Tokyo!
Great-Uncle's House
Newsgirl
Street Vendor
Maid
Drifter
A Work of My Own!
Afterword
Glossary
Index

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The Prison Memoirs of a Japanese Woman

Autobiographies and Memoirs of Women from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America Geraldine Forbes, Series Editor

SHUDHA MAZUMDAR MEMOIRS OF AN INDIAN WOMAN Edited with an Introduction by Geraldine Forbes

CHEN XUEZHAO SURVIVING THE STORM A Memoir Edited with an Introduction by Jeffrey C. Kinkley Translated by Ti Hua and Caroline Greene

KANEKO FUMIKO THE PRISON MEMOIRS OF A JAPANESE WOMAN Translated by Jean Inglis Introduction by Mikiso Hane

Kaneko Fumiko

The Prison Memoirs of a Japanese Woman

Translated by Jean Inglis Introduction by Mikiso Hane

An East Gate Book M. E. Sharpe, Inc. Armonk, New York London, England

An East Gate Book

Copyright © 1991 by M. E. Sharpe, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher, M. E. Sharpe, Inc., 80 Business Park Drive, Armonk, New York 10504. Available in the United Kingdom and Europe from M. E. Sharpe, Publishers, 3 Henrietta Street, London WC2E 8LU.

library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Kaneko, Fumiko, 1902-1926. [Nani ga watakushi o ko saseta ka. English] The prison memoirs of a Japanese woman I author Kaneko Fumiko; translator Jean Inglis. p.

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Translation of: Nani ga watakushi o ko saseta ka. ISBN 0-87332-802-7 1. Kaneko, Fumiko, 1902-1926. 2. Japan-Biography. I. Title. CT1828.K32A3

1991

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Contents

Introduction

MikisoHane

vii

Preface

3

Father

7

Mother

20

Kobayashi's Village

37

Mother's Family

48

My New Home

55

Bugang

57

The Iwashitas

60

My Life in Korea

62

Home Again

121

Into the Tiger' s Mouth

132

The Vortex of Sex

146

Farewell Father!

166

To Tokyo!

168

Great-Uncle's House

170

Newsgirl

175

Street Vendor

192

Maid

204

Drifter

215

A Work of My Own!

231

Afterword

248

Glossary

249

Index

251

Introduction MII