TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bacon,Alice Mabel
TI  - Japanese Girls and Women: Revised and Enlarged Edition
AV  - DSHQ 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Women -- Japan -- Social conditions
KW  - Women -- Japan -- Social life and customs
KW  - Japan -- Social life and customs -- 1868-1912
N1  - Release date is 2010-05-20; Produced by Juliet Sutherland, S.D., and the Online
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N2  - "Japanese Girls and Women" by Alice Mabel Bacon is a cultural study written in the late 19th century. The book explores the lives, traditions, and roles of Japanese women, offering insights into their upbringing, education, marriage, and societal expectations. It aims to shed light on the often overlooked aspect of Japanese culture—the perspectives and experiences of women—providing a comprehensive view of their contributions to family and society.  The opening of the text introduces readers to the cherished childhood of Japanese girls, emphasizing the celebratory customs surrounding their birth and naming. It describes the various ceremonies, like the "miya mairi", that mark significant milestones in a baby's early life, and illustrates how cultural expectations shape their upbringing. The author contrasts the joyous occasions with the restrictions and pressures that daughters face, setting the stage for the wider themes of education, marriage, and the evolving roles of women in Japanese society, which are explored in subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32449
ER  -