Episode 106 - Facing Both Ways

History of Japan

Isaac Meyer

Japan, History, Japanese

4.8 • 744 Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2015

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Kato Shizue was one of Japan's earliest feminist icons. This week we'll trace her unusual rise from daughter of wealth and privilege to firebrand politician fighting for the rights of Japanese women and women everywhere.

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1:15.0	Hello and welcome to the History of Japan podcast.
1:19.5	Episode 106, Facing Both Ways.
1:27.1	This week, we're going to talk about one of those figures in Japanese history who have given, sadly, short shrift, too. And it really is about time
1:28.6	we corrected that, because her life is one of the most fascinating in Japanese history.
1:33.9	The future Kato Shizue was born on March 2, 1897, to a family of affluent ex-Samurai living in Tokyo.
1:42.7	Her family name at that point was not Cato.
1:45.9	She's had a couple family names throughout the course of her life, but for the sake of
1:49.8	simplicity and to avoid confusion, I'm just going to call her Cato Shizue for the whole
1:53.7	episode.
1:55.5	Now, her family was wealthy and aristocratic, and young Cato Shizue lived a life of privilege.
2:02.4	The family belonged to what was known as the Shizoku, descendants of former samurai. Kato's family was one of a very small
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