ABSTRACT

First published in 2001. In this book the author remarks that even though Japan as a whole has been closely studied, and while much and varied information has been gathered about the country and its people, one half of the population has been left entirely unnoticed, passed over with brief mention, or altogether misunderstood. It is of this neglected half that she has written, in the hope that the whole fabric of Japanese social life will be better comprehended when the women of the country, and so the homes that they make, are better known and understood.

chapter I|34 pages

Childhood

chapter II|21 pages

Education

chapter III|26 pages

Marriage and Divorce

chapter IV|32 pages

Wife and Mother

chapter V|17 pages

Old Age

chapter VI|29 pages

Court Life

chapter VII|26 pages

Life in Castle and Yashiki

chapter VIII|31 pages

Samurai Women

chapter IX|35 pages

Peasant Women

chapter X|33 pages

Life in the Cities

chapter XI|27 pages

Domestic Service

chapter XII|35 pages

Within the Home

chapter XIII|37 pages

Ten Years of Progress