Suicidal honor General Nogi and the writings of Mori Ōgai and Natsume Sōseki /
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| Language: | English |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawaiʻi Press,
c2006.
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Table of Contents:
- "Following one's lord into death". Sacrifice and self-sacrifice ; The Japanese custom of junshi
- Nogi in history. Nogi's life sentences ; The sword and the brush
- Nogi in literature. Mori Ōgai's junshi stories. "Okitsu Yagoemon no isho" (first version): junshi postponed ; "Sahashi Jingorō": anything but seppuku ; "Okitsu Yagoemon no isho" (second version): a spectacle for the lord's successor ; "Abe ichizoku": the perplexities of permission ; Mori Ōgai's "Sakai jiken": rebellion and martyrdom ; Natsume Sōseki's Kokoro: living as though dead
- Coda: last stands in ancient Rome and modern Japan.