Thesis: Comparative examination of women’s issues in Japan and Korea during 1860s to 1945 Bernstein, Gail Lee. “Women in Rural Japan” In Women In Changing Japan, edited by Lebra Joyce, Paulson Joy and Power Elizabeth. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1976. This is a writing of an interview of woman’s name Misao Kawabata. This autobiography depicts Misao and her life during pre-World War II, and other Japanese women in rural areas. She describes women’s life as it relates to all facets of life concerning Japanese women such as marriage and extended family relationships, to living on farms, and the state of education in these rural areas. Gamble, Adam, and Takesato Watanabe. A Public Betrayed: An inside Look at Japanese Media Atrocities and Their Warnings to the West. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Pub., 2004. Print. This book depicts how Japanese behaved both before and after the World War II. In this book, it describes how Japanese military slaves (a.k.a. comfort women) was made, what motivated Japan to do these abuses. Hunter, Janet. “Gender, economics and industrialization: approaches to the economic history of Japanese women, 1868-1945.” In Japanese women, emerging from subservience, 1868-1945, edited by Tomida Hiroko and Daniels Gordon. Folkestone: Global Oriental, 2005, 119-144. This author suggested that there is a disparity of records pertaining to the writing of economic history of women in regards to other records written during this time (1868-1945). She describes how the comparative study of Japanese women to other industrialized nations during this time period is difficult; due to the relatively short time period in which Japan transformed from a Chinese influenced, isolationist country to a super power. This also reflects... ... middle of paper ... ... 日本軍「慰安婦」関係資料集成Nihongun "ianfu" Kankei Shiryō Shūsei. Tōkyō: Akashi Shoten, 2006. Print. This is a data compilation of comfort women. Author studied in the University in Korea, specifically about women and Korean history. Since this book is just a collection of data, there are neither author’s opinion nor statement. Yoo, Theodore Jun. The Politics of Gender in Colonial Korea: Education, Labor, and Health, 1910-1945. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008. This book discusses how women during the late 19th century and early 20th century were educated and emerged as leaders. The book describes the onset of Japanese colonization in the Korean peninsula, and how female students adapted Korean culture to meet the new social changes introduced by the West. It also describes how women in this period attempted to bridge the traditional and the contemporary.
Tanaka, Toshiyuki. Japan's Comfort Women: Sexual Slavery and Prostitution during World War II and the US Occupation. London: Routledge, 2002. Print.
In Yoshie's work, “Gender in Early Classical Japan: Marriage, Leadership, and Political Status in Village and Palace (2005),” she takes the example of Toji, women known to have played a m...
Known for her work as a historian and rather outspoken political activist, Yamakawa Kikue was also the author of her book titled Women of the Mito Domain (p. xix). At the time she was writing this work, Yamakawa was under the surveillance of the Japanese government as the result of her and her husband’s work for the socialist and feminist movements in Japan (p. xx-xxi). But despite the restrictions she was undoubtedly required to abide by in order to produce this book, her work contains an air of commentary on the past and present political, social, and economic issues that had been plaguing the nation (p. xxi). This work is a piece that comments on the significance of women’s roles in history through the example of Yamakawa’s own family and
Ogawa, D. (1993) The Japanese of Los Angeles. Journal of Asian and African Studies, v19, pp.142-3.
Nakae Chomin’s Discourse was published in 1887, a period that demarcated a crucial turning point in Japan’s politics and economy. The book itself suggested the great debate that the people of Japan were having in deciding the future of the nation, and draws on Chomin’s studies on Western politics in France and his journalistic and political involvements in Japan.
Have you ever wondered how the working life was for women thousands of miles apart in the 18th century? The factories located in Britain and Japan were not all that different. The two sets of females lived very far apart but carried many of the same strategies and ideas.
Some Japanese women joined United States to reunite with their husbands while others journeyed as newlyweds with their husbands who had gone to Japan to get wives. Also, others came alone as brides to join Issei men who avoided excessive travel costs or army conscription. After settling down, these women were met with uncommon food, clothing, c...
By 1938 Japan had invaded much of China and had taken over Nanking killing more than 42,000 civilians. The Chinese government never surrendered completely, and the war continued on a lower scale until 1945. During World War II, the Japanese military forced women from various different countries to work as comfort women to the Japanese soldiers. Trafficking in women is a form of sexual slavery in which women are transported across national borders and sold for prostitution, sex tourism, or migrant workers. Women were kidnapped or brought over under false pretenses thinking that they were being given jobs. The comfort women of the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II are an extreme case of this institutionalized sexual violence against women. Through research and testimonies from comfort women survivors during World War II and former Japanese veterans, I attempt to show the ways that this has affected the intersection of colonial power, gender and class. I argue that the development of gender contributes to the construction of Japanese colonialism and the system of comfort women helped Japan as an imperial state gain power. The ideas of masculinity and femininity is what helped the maintenance of the Japanese military system and comfort stations made an impact in which Japan expanded its colonies by military means.
Nagata, Donna, K. "Expanding the Internment Narrative: Multiple Layers of Japanese American Women's Experience." Women's Untold Stories: Breaking Silence, Talking Back, Voicing Complexity. Ed. Mary Romero and Abigail J. Stewart. New York: Routledge, 1999. 71- 82.
Matsumoto studies three generations, Issei, Nisei, and Sansei living in a closely linked ethnic community. She focuses her studies in the Japanese immigration experiences during the time when many Americans were scared with the influx of immigrants from Asia. The book shows a vivid picture of how Cortex Japanese endured violence, discriminations during Anti-Asian legislation and prejudice in 1920s, the Great Depression of 1930s, and the internment of 1940s. It also shows an examination of the adjustment period after the end of World War II and their return to the home place.
Since the beginning of Japanese immigration into America, they were discriminated for their race. In a newspaper story titled “Abundant dreams diverted”, the perspective of Japanese people during the late 1800s and mid 1900s is revealed. When Japanese immigrants had came to America in 1880, “Japanese workers soon found that low pay and discrimination subverted their
In Japanese culture, it was a common ideal to view women as incompetent of being the head of a household (Yoshimi 200). Asian Women were subjected to discriminatory attitudes towards them by men, which left them with almost no opportunity to avoid a life in low social classes. In 19th century Japanese society, an unmarried woman was no doubly associated with low-end occupations that had significantly low wages (Yoshimi 70). The disadvantages associated with being a woman of a low social stature created an unfortunate history of prostitution among Japa...
The Korean Council for Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan, The Research Association on the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan, et al., Eds. (1995). The True Stories of the Korean "Comfort Women". London, Casell.
The Fifteen-Year War was a time of great turmoil and uncertainty in Japan. Various facets of the country were tested and driven to their limits. During the occupation, race and gender began to evolve in ways that had not exactly be seen before. War had a tremendous impact on every part of the life of a Japanese citizen. Both men and women began to fill roles that were completely novel to them. Race became a part of the definition of who people were. As the war progressed and American troops landed on Japanese soil for occupation, more drastic changes occurred. Economic hardship and rations befell the people of the Land of the Rising Sun. Prostitution began to rear its ugly head and rape transpired. Through memory, research, and vivid creativity, the evolution of Japan during the Fifteen-Year War can be analyzed with great scrutiny.
As awareness of women’s rights is increasing, atrocities of the Japanese Imperial Army are unveiling. “Comfort women” is sexual slavery system that was utilized by the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. Due to pervious traumatic experiences and inputs they had, the struggle of former sex slaves for their rights and justice started in 1991, which is still continuing in present times. While they are declaring that Japanese Imperial Military trampled on their rights, some Japanese officials claim that Japan did not intrude the girls in the past. Regardless of irresponsible reactions from some governors, the Japanese government should give compensations and thorough apologies to former sex slaves who were enslaved as being “comfort women” during WWII because of relationships between Japan and other damaged nations, former sex slave and women’s continuous fight for their rights, and possible repetition of this big mistake due to lack of education.