Prince and Princess Chichibu : two lives lived above and below the clouds : including a complete translation of Setsuko, Princess Chichibu's memoir, The Silver Drum

著者

• Britton, D. Guyver (Dorothy Guyver)

書誌事項

Prince and Princess Chichibu : two lives lived above and below the clouds : including a complete translation of Setsuko, Princess Chichibu's memoir, The Silver Drum

Dorothy Britton

Global Oriental, 2010

Revised and expanded 2nd ed.

注記

Part 2: first published in Japanese "Gin no Bonbonnière" by Shufunotomo.

内容説明・目次

内容説明

This volume offers invaluable new insights into the controversial lives and history of Prince and Princess Chichibu - two high-profile members of the Japanese imperial family, both before and after the Pacific War. Their lives were lived both above and below 'the clouds', with the princess a commoner in an arranged marriage and the popular 'sporting prince', dogged by ill health and his association with the Japanese Imperial Army. At the heart of the book is a complete translation of Princess Chichibu's original autobiography, first published in a shorter, condensed version in 1996 under the title The Silver Drum, together with a short biography of Prince Chichibu supported by important new data on his role in the war years, thanks to recent access to new studies as well as the prince's own writings. Also included for the first time is a translation of most of Princess Chichibu's collection of poems which formed part of the original memoir.

目次

• Preface
• Foreword by Tsunetada Matsudaira
• Preface by H.I.H. Princess Chichibu to first edition of The Silver Drum
• Foreword by Kazuko Azo to first edition of The Silver Drum
• Introduction by Carmen Blacker to first edition of The Silver Drum
• Chronology of events in the life of Prince and Princess Chichibu
• Glossary of Japanese words
• Part 1 - The Prince: A vindication
• Part 2 - The Princess's story - The Silver Drum
• 1 Born in England
• 2 Childhood
• 3 Growing up
• 4 America
• 5 Until my wedding day
• 6 Imperial bride
• 7 The silver box
• 8 Our daily life
• 9 Up to the outbreak of war
• 10 Imperial villa, Gotemba
• 11 The post-war years
• 12 International friendship
• The poems
• Appendix: A critique of the Occupation by H.I.H. Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu
• Index

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB01270034
• ISBN:
  • 9781905246243
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Folkestone, Kent
• ページ数/冊数: xxxvi, 223 p.
• 大きさ: 23 cm