Treacherous women of imperial Japan : patriarchal fictions, patricidal fantasies / Hélène Bowen Raddeker

London ; New York : Routledge, 1997. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine title-blocked cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; x, 282 pages : illustrations. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-276) and index. Contents; pt. I. Preliminaries. 1. Treason and treachery, documents and discourse ; 2. The work (structure, logic, method) -- pt. II. Engagements with death. 3. Kanno Suga : 'The unswerving path' ; 4. Kaneko Fumiko : 'The will to die' ; 5. Commentary : discourse on death and beyond ; 6. Commentary : martyrs, nihilists and other rebel heroes -- pt. III. Life-narratives. 7. Kanno Suga (1902-1911) ; 8. Kaneko Fumiko (1922-1926) -- Epilogue. Subjects; Kanno, Sugako 1881-1911. Kaneko, Fumiko 1902-1926. Meiji Emperor of Japan 1852-1912 Assassination attempt, 1910. Taish Emperor of Japan 1879-1926 Assassination attempt, 1923. Hirohito Emperor of Japan 1901-1989 Assassination attempts. Hirohito Emperor of Japan 1901-1989. Kaneko, Fumiko 1902-1926. Kanno, Sugako 1881-1911. Meiji Emperor of Japan 1852-1912. Kaneko, Fumiko. Kanno, Sugako. Meiji (Japan, Kaiser). Hirohito (Japan, Kaiser). Taish Emperor of Japan 1879-1926. 1900-1999. Anarchists Japan ; Biography. Socialists Japan ; Biography. Women anarchists Japan ; Biography. Women socialists Japan ; Biography. Anarchistes Japon ; Biographies. Femmes anarchistes Japon ; Biographies. Femmes socialistes Japon ; Biographies. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Historical. HISTORY. Anarchists. Attempted assassination. Socialists. Women anarchists. Women socialists. Anarchists Japan ; Biography. Socialists Japan ; Biography. Assassins Japan ; Biography. Women murderers Japan ; Biography. Vrouwen. Moordenaars. Attentat. Geschichte 1910. Geschichte 1923. Women Japan Attitudes. Japan History 20th century ; Biography. Japan ; Biography. Japon Histoire 20e sieÌcle ; Biographies. Japan. Japan History 20th century Biography. Japan Biography. Japan History 20th century.