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The afterlife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi : historical fiction and popular culture in Japan
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"By analyzing representations of the famous sixteenth-century samurai leader Toyotomi Hideyoshi in historical fiction, this book explores how and why Hideyoshi has had a continued and ever-changing...
"By analyzing representations of the famous sixteenth-century samurai leader Toyotomi Hideyoshi in historical fiction, this book explores how and why Hideyoshi has had a continued and ever-changing presence in Japanese popular culture. These multiple fictionalized histories reveal a Hideyoshi who is always changing to meet the needs of the current era, expanding our understanding of the powerful role that historical narratives play in Japan"--
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- Creator
- Susan Westhafer Furukawa
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, [2022]
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Distributed by Harvard University Press
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- xiv, 223 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780674267916, 0674267915, 9780674267923, 0674267923
- OCLC
- on1294937601
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Taikōki: a fictional hero emerges -- Hideyoshi's war: Yoshikawa Eiji's Shinsho Taikōki and Hideyoshi as World War II hero -- The salaryman samurai: Hideyoshi as business model -- The women of the realm: Hideyoshi as social criticism -- Things best left unseen: the problem of Hideyoshi in the twenty-first century -- Epilogue: Whither Hideyoshi?