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Okei : a girl from the provinces / Mitsugu Saotome ; translated by Kenneth J. Bryson.

Title
Okei : a girl from the provinces / Mitsugu Saotome ; translated by Kenneth J. Bryson.
Author
Saotome, Mitsugu, 1926-2008
Publication
Richmond, U.K. : Alma, 2008.

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Description
350 p.; 20 cm.
Summary
Set in the midst of samurai warfare in the mountainous region of Aizu in the late 19th century, 'Okei' recounts the coming of age of a young peasant girl, who falls desperately in love with the fierce warrior Sanasuma Kingo, only to learn that the world she inhabits has no place for love.
Uniform Title
O-Kei. English
Alternative Title
O-Kei.
Subject
  • Börngen, ..
  • Alfons und Rita Bauer
  • Chōsen Kōgei Kenkyūkai
  • Geschichte 1870-1900
  • 1800-1899
  • Geschichte 1870-1900
  • Samurai > Japan > History > 19th century > Fiction
  • Women peasants > Japan > Fiction
  • Aizu Region (Japan) > History > 19th century > Fiction
  • Japan > Social conditions > 19th century > Fiction
Genre/Form
Historical fiction
Language (note)
  • Translated from the Japanese.
ISBN
  • 9781846880704 (pbk.)
  • 184688070X (pbk.)
OCLC
  • 228581586
  • SCSB-11195779
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library