Counting Dreams : : The Life and Writings of the Loyalist Nun Nomura Bōtō / / Roger K. Thomas.

Counting Dreams tells the story of Nomura Bōtō, a Buddhist nun, writer, poet, and activist who joined the movement to oppose the Tokugawa Shogunate and restore imperial rule. Banished for her political activities, Bōtō was imprisoned on a remote island until her comrades rescued her in a dramatic ja...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (354 p.) :; 7 b&w halftones, 1 chart
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on Translation
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Girlhood to Widowhood
  • Chapter 2. Loyalist
  • Chapter 3. Imprisonment and Exile
  • Chapter 4. In Chōshū
  • Chapter 5. Poetry
  • Chapter 6. Diaries
  • Chapter 7. Legacy
  • Conclusion
  • Sources I. Diary of My Journey to the Capital
  • Sources II. Counting Dreams
  • Bibliography
  • Index