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The afterlife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi : historical fiction and popular culture in Japan
- Title
- The afterlife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi : historical fiction and popular culture in Japan / Susan Westhafer Furukawa.
- Author
- Furukawa, Susan Westhafer
- Publication
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, [2022]
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Distributed by Harvard University Press
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Details
- Description
- xiv, 223 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 24 cm.
- Summary
- "By analyzing representations of the famous sixteenth-century samurai leader Toyotomi Hideyoshi in historical fiction, this book explores how and why Hideyoshi has had a continued and ever-changing presence in Japanese popular culture. These multiple fictionalized histories reveal a Hideyoshi who is always changing to meet the needs of the current era, expanding our understanding of the powerful role that historical narratives play in Japan"--
- Series Statement
- Harvard East Asian monographs ; 447
- Uniform Title
- Harvard East Asian monographs ; 447.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Taikōki: a fictional hero emerges -- Hideyoshi's war: Yoshikawa Eiji's Shinsho Taikōki and Hideyoshi as World War II hero -- The salaryman samurai: Hideyoshi as business model -- The women of the realm: Hideyoshi as social criticism -- Things best left unseen: the problem of Hideyoshi in the twenty-first century -- Epilogue: Whither Hideyoshi?
- Call Number
- JFE 22-4097
- ISBN
- 9780674267916
- 0674267915
- 9780674267923
- 0674267923
- LCCN
- 2021049089
- OCLC
- 1294937601
- Author
- Furukawa, Susan Westhafer, author.
- Title
- The afterlife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi : historical fiction and popular culture in Japan / Susan Westhafer Furukawa.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, [2022]
- Distributor
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Distributed by Harvard University Press
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Harvard East Asian monographs ; 447Harvard East Asian monographs ; 447.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 22-4097