Ry?sai Kenbo

Ry?sai Kenbo PDF Author: Shizuko Koyama
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004230610
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 235

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Book Description
The famous ryosai-kenbo or 'good wife and wise mother' role of women was not, after all, a traditional Confucian view but a modern construct. In fact, its first appearance in Japan was in the latter half of the 19th century, due principally to the influence of European ideas about women.