TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Reinvigoration and interrogation of the political myth of Kiyū's Suicide in Ariyoshi Sawako's Furu Amerika ni sode wa nurasaji
JO  - Journal of Japanese studies
A1  - Ikenushi, M.
SP  - 333
EP  - 360
VL  - 44
IS  - 2
N2  - The play Furu Amerika ni sode wa nurasaji (1970) is a fictionalized and unconventional interpretation of the suicide of a historical figure named Kiyū, a yūjo of the Yokohama pleasure quarters in the bakumatsu period (1853- 69). Ariyoshi Sawako's fictionalized and romanticized story about Kiyū, who dies for love, markedly contrasts with the historical figure, a brave woman who killed herself as an act of opposition to foreign influence. This article discusses how Ariyoshi's fiction reinvigorates and interrogates the image of Kiyū, thereby shifting the audience's attention from Kiyū's alleged patriotism to the sad reality of her life and exploitation as a yūjo. © 2018 Society for Japanese Studies.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0095-6848
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/jjs.2018.0041
ID  - ref1
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