KAJIN NO KIGU

KAJIN NO KIGU: The first two volumes of the eventual 16 that comprised the unfinished novel Kajin no kigu (1885–97; tr. Strange Encounters with Beautiful Women, 1948) were published soon after author Shiba Shiro returned from studying abroad in the United States. Written under the pen name Tokai Sanshi, Shiba used the semiautobiographical political narrative as a pulpit from which to preach his idealistic vision of Japan as a strong, compassionate democracy. Kajin no kigu follows the protagonist as he sees and befriends two beautiful American girls in Philadelphia and, through them, meets others from China, Spain, and Ireland. His peregrinations allow the author to explain the curiosities of foreign lands as well as offer possible models for Japan to follow.

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TOKAI SANSHI — (1853–1922) Tokai Sanshi is the pen name of Shiba Shiro, a politician and novelist from Chiba Prefecture. In the early years of the Meiji era, Tokai studied abroad in the United States, graduating with a business degree from the University of… … Japanese literature and theater
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POLITICAL NARRATIVES — The short lived genre of Japanese political narratives (seiji shosetsu) appeared during the 1870s, fed by a contemporary popular interest in politics in the wake of the Meiji Restoration. The stories, whose flat characterizations and simple,… … Japanese literature and theater
UNEXPECTED ENCOUNTERS WITH BEAUTIES — See KAJIN NO KIGU … Japanese literature and theater
WOMEN IN LITERATURE — Women play an important role in all forms of Japanese literature. Many classical Japanese authors were women and even the very style of vernacular written Japanese has origins in writing that was used by women in the Heian court. The… … Japanese literature and theater

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