Bargen, Doris G.

Suicidal honor General Nogi and the writings of Mori �Ogai and Natsume S�oseki / [electronic resource] : Doris G. Bargen. - Honolulu : University of Hawai�i Press, c2006. - xiv, 289 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-277) and index.

"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 �Ogai's junshi stories. "Okitsu Yagoemon no isho" (first version): junshi postponed ; "Sahashi Jingor�o": anything but seppuku ; "Okitsu Yagoemon no isho" (second version): a spectacle for the lord's successor ; "Abe ichizoku": the perplexities of permission ; Mori �Ogai's "Sakai jiken": rebellion and martyrdom ; Natsume S�oseki's Kokoro: living as though dead -- Coda: last stands in ancient Rome and modern Japan.


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Nogi, Maresuke, 1849-1912.
Nogi, Maresuke, 1849-1912 --In literature.
Mori, �Ogai, 1862-1922 --Criticism and interpretation.
Natsume, S�oseki, 1867-1916 --Criticism and interpretation.


Seppuku.
Suicide in literature.
Japanese literature--History and criticism.--1868-


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DS884.N7 / B37 2006eb

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