Pioneer of Asian Feminism: Essays of Yuriko Miyamoto (Three Volumes)

"Feminine Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow": precious and sharp advice, vigorously promote the ideological change of Asian women "Feminine Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: Essays of Yuriko Miyamoto" belongs to the "Yuriko Miyamoto Works Series" produced by Houlang. The progressive Japanese female writer Yuriko Miyamoto had a profound female awakening after the baptism of marriage. On the one hand, she wrote her life experiences in "The Escaped Nobuko" and "The Courtyard of Forked Paths". On the other hand, she advocated equal rights for men and women and equality for everyone. In articles such as "The Fall of History - A Brief Discussion on Ogai, Soseki and Kafu's Views on Women", "Women's History - Based on Literature", "Human Marriage - The Morality of Marriage", "Clothes and Women's Life - For Whom", through the analysis of ancient and modern literary and artistic works and social development backgrounds, we deeply examine the changes in women's status, and strongly call on women to step out of the family, join society and create their own future. Even now in the twenty-first century, these ideas ring true. "The Escaped Nobuko": A literary girl who studied abroad fell in love with a weak literary youth. Regardless of the opposition of others, she resolutely entered into the marriage she was looking forward to. The creed of the future... The disillusionment of reality, a woman who doesn't want to be a caged bird, bravely looks directly at the loss of ideals, and reaches out to touch freedom. "Escaped Nobuko" is an autobiographical novel written by the Japanese writer Yuriko Miyamoto based on her personal experience. It tells the story of a young woman from a middle-class background, Nobuko, who went to the United States, fell in love, got married, had conflicts with her husband, divorced, resumed literary creation, and finally awakened her self-awareness and moved towards an ideal life. In the novel, Nobuko's relationships with her husband, mother, and female close friends are intricately intertwined, and the scenes are described in a gripping manner. Japanese private novels are good at self-revealing narratives and are known for their in-depth exploration of the characters' psychology. The usual life seems calm and without violent conflicts, but the characters' feelings are full of crises and undercurrents. In terms of text narrative, because the author was influenced by Tolstoy and other Russian novelists, he shows a very delicate realistic style. "The Courtyard of Forked Paths": Nobuko was born into a wealthy family, received high education and was talented. In order to escape the suffocating mental pressure of her native family, she married early but ended in failure. Later, she met Mozi, a colleague in the creative career, and the two began to live together as female writers. Although she had lived a comfortable life of financial independence after her divorce, Nobuko discovered that her purpose was much more than that. She has always been troubled by the question of "what should I live for as a person", and the many women around her, including her mother and female close friend Motoko, are all women but have completely different outlooks on life. Wanting to truly open up a new life, Nobuko found that she had to make endless choices, and her desires and feelings were also ups and downs in the stormy era...