Ry?sai Kenbo : the Educational Ideal of 'Good Wife, Wise Mother' in Modern Japan.
The famous ry?sai kenbo or 'good wife, wise mother' role of Japanese women was, in fact, not a traditional Confucian view but a modern construct - its first appearance in Japan being the latter half of the nineteenth century. Girls at the time were proud to fulfill their new role of contri...
Full description
Saved in: