Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2010-05-20 Public domain in the USA. 1520 Bacon, Alice Mabel 1858 1918 Japanese Girls and Women Revised and Enlarged Edition Produced by Juliet Sutherland, S.D., and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Japanese Girls and Women" by Alice Mabel Bacon is a cultural study written in the late 19th century. The book explores the lives, traditions, and roles of Japanese women, offering insights into their upbringing, education, marriage, and societal expectations. It aims to shed light on the often overlooked aspect of Japanese culture—the perspectives and experiences of women—providing a comprehensive view of their contributions to family and society. The opening of the text introduces readers to the cherished childhood of Japanese girls, emphasizing the celebratory customs surrounding their birth and naming. It describes the various ceremonies, like the "miya mairi", that mark significant milestones in a baby's early life, and illustrates how cultural expectations shape their upbringing. The author contrasts the joyous occasions with the restrictions and pressures that daughters face, setting the stage for the wider themes of education, marriage, and the evolving roles of women in Japanese society, which are explored in subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/32449/32449-h/images/cover.jpg en Women -- Japan -- Social conditions Women -- Japan -- Social life and customs Japan -- Social life and customs -- 1868-1912 DS HQ Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Gender & Sexuality Studies Browsing: History - General 700663 700672 2024-09-13T14:25:55.250242 2023-09-14T08:21:50.441768 text/html text/html 689953 2021-01-06T14:41:40 text/html; charset=utf-8 389621 2021-01-06T14:41:40 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 409612 2024-09-13T14:26:05.229246 application/epub+zip 415822 2024-09-13T14:25:57.124216 application/epub+zip 338232 2024-09-13T14:25:56.045279 application/epub+zip 610867 2024-09-13T14:26:11.449639 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 542753 2024-09-13T14:26:04.255175 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 465065 2022-09-15T04:44:44.098757 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 594257 2024-09-13T14:25:53.959294 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 593103 2021-01-06T14:41:40 text/plain; charset=utf-8 222809 2021-01-06T14:41:40 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 593899 2021-01-06T14:41:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 222753 2021-01-06T14:41:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 593602 2021-01-06T14:41:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 222511 2021-01-06T14:41:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22154 2024-09-13T14:26:11.605656 application/rdf+xml 18997 2024-09-13T14:25:56.319274 image/jpeg 2773 2024-09-13T14:25:56.118218 image/jpeg 389039 2024-09-13T14:25:55.319217 application/octet-stream application/zip