Suicidal honor : General Nogi and the writings of Mori Ōgai and Natsume Sōseki / Doris G. Bargen.
| Author/creator | Bargen, Doris G. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, ©2006. |
| Description | xiv, 289 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Contents | "Following one's lord into death". Sacrifice and self-sacrifice ; The Japanese custom of junshi -- Nogi in history. Nogi's life sentences ; The sword and the brush -- Nogi in literature. Mori Ōgai's junshi stories. "Okitsu Yagoemon no isho" (first version): junshi postponed ; "Sahashi Jingorō": anything but seppuku ; "Okitsu Yagoemon no isho" (second version): a spectacle for the lord's successor ; "Abe ichizoku": the perplexities of permission ; Mori Ōgai's "Sakai jiken": rebellion and martyrdom ; Natsume Sōseki's Kokoro: living as though dead -- Coda: last stands in ancient Rome and modern Japan. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-277) and index. |
| LCCN | 2006019423 |
| ISBN | 0824829980 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780824829988 |