The Japanese Way of Silence and Seclusion: Memes of Imperial Women

Authors

Elisheva A. Perelman, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-12-2014

Disciplines

Arts and Humanities | Asian History | East Asian Languages and Societies | History | History of Gender | Japanese Studies

Abstract

This article examines how tropes of silence and seclusion were utilized both at the dawn of the Japanese imperial house and in its current iteration. Attempts to subjugate women and to subvert subjugation by women exist in the origin myths of Japan, and are repeated in the Heisei era.

Recommended Citation

Perelman, Elisheva A. “The Japanese Way of Silence and Seclusion: Memes of Imperial Women.” The Asia-Pacific Journal Vol. 12, Issue 41, No. 1 (October 13, 2014).