In the Beginning, Woman Was the Sun: The Autobiography of a Japanese Feminist by Hiratsuka, Raichō
In the Beginning, Woman Was the Sun: The Autobiography of a Japanese Feminist by Hiratsuka, Raichō

In the Beginning, Woman Was the Sun: The Autobiography of a Japanese Feminist

"In the beginning, woman was truly the sun. An authentic person. Now she is the moon, a...
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Author: Raichō Hiratsuka
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In the Beginning, Woman Was the Sun: The Autobiography of a Japanese Feminist by Hiratsuka, Raichō

In the Beginning, Woman Was the Sun: The Autobiography of a Japanese Feminist

$635.16
In the Beginning, Woman Was the Sun: The Autobiography of a Japanese Feminist by Hiratsuka, Raichō

In the Beginning, Woman Was the Sun: The Autobiography of a Japanese Feminist

$635.16
Author: Raichō Hiratsuka
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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"In the beginning, woman was truly the sun. An authentic person. Now she is the moon, a wan and sickly moon, dependent on another, reflecting another's brilliance."-Hiratsuku Raicho

Raicho Hiratsuka (1886-1971) was the most influential figure in the early women's movement in Japan. In 1911, she founded Bluestocking (Seito), Japan's first literary journal run by women. In 1920, she founded the New Women's Association, Japan's first nationwide women's organization to campaign for female suffrage, and soon after World War II, the Japan Federation of Women's Organizations.

Available for the first time in English, In the Beginning, Woman Was the Sun is Raicho Hiratsuka's autobiography of her childhood, early youth, and subsequent rebellion against the strict social codes of the time. Hiratsuka came from an upper-middle class Tokyo family, and her restless quest for truth led her to read widely in philosophy and undertake Zen training at Japan Woman's College. After graduation, she gained brief notoriety for her affair with a married writer, but quickly established herself as a brilliant and articulate leader of feminist causes with the launch of the journal Seito. Her richly detailed account presents a woman who was at once idealistic and elitist, fearless and vain, and a perceptive observer of society.

Teruko Craig's translation captures Hiratsuka's strong personality and distinct voice. At a time when interest in Japanese feminism is growing in the West, there is no finer introduction to Japanese women's history than this intimate, candid, and compelling memoir.



Author: Raichō Hiratsuka
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 03/30/2010
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780231138130

About the Author
Teruko Craig is senior lecturer emerita of Tufts University and an associate in research at the Reischauer Institute of Japanese studies, Harvard University.
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