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Author:

Bargen, Doris G.

Title:

Suicidal honor : General Nogi and the writings of Mori Ōgai and Natsume Sōseki / Doris G. Bargen.

Publisher:

University of Hawaiʻi Press,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xiv, 289 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Nogi, Maresuke,--1849-1912.
Nogi, Maresuke,--1849-1912--In literature.
Mori, Ōgai,--1862-1922--Criticism and interpretation.
Natsume, Sōseki,--1867-1916--Criticism and interpretation.
Seppuku.
Suicide in literature.
Japanese literature--1868---History and criticism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-277) and index.

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.

ISBN:

0824829980
9780824829988
9780824829988 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0824829980 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)70114579

LCCN:

2006019423

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)