Episode 330 - In the Beginning, Woman was the Sun, Part 2

History of Japan

Isaac Meyer

Japan, History, Japanese

4.8 • 744 Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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This week, we continue our exploration of the life of Hiratsuka Raicho, and add a new character to our cast: Ichikawa Fusae. How did these two women navigate the tricky waters of 1920s and 1930s Japanese politics, and what obstacles did they encounter along the way?

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1:26.4	Hello and welcome to the history of Japan podcast.
1:32.6	Episode 330, in the beginning, Woman Was the Sun, Part 2.
1:45.0	We left off last time with the dissolution of Saito, which shut down in 1915 after a four-year run marred by controversy, largely manufactured by anti-feminists.
1:50.1	We'll pick up with the career of Hiratska Raichho after the collapse of her magazine,
1:56.3	but first, this is supposed to be a twinned biography, so let's, you know, talk about the twin.
2:01.1	The other person I want to talk about is Ichikawa Fusai.
2:06.9	She was born in Aichi Prefecture along the Pacific Coast of Japan in 1893.
2:11.5	Her family were farmers from a mid-sized town outside Ichinomiya.
2:15.3	They were, by all accounts, fairly prosperous as farmers.
2:18.3	At minimum, they could afford to send their daughter to school. So that suggests the family had enough wealth to both pay tuition
2:23.3	and spare the farm labor that she represented.
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