The Budding Tree: Six Stories of Love in Edo

恋忘れ草

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The Budding Tree: Six Stories of Love in Edo

恋忘れ草

Written by Aiko Kitahara
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This Naoki Prize-winning work is a personal yet precise account of the lives of working women in the Edo period (1600-1868). In the latter half of the Edo period, the warrior caste was finding itself pushed out of the top echelons of society by the rising merchant class, and repeated famines swept the countryside. Against this backdrop, a small number of women vigorously built themselves independent lives with unusual careers--working as designers of ornamental hairpins, or even scribes--in the male-dominated society of the day. The stories in The Budding Tree recount the conditions in which these women lived.

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Pages 170
Published 1993
ISBN 2587084
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Aiko Kitahara is the author of several novels. Originally from the East Coast, they now live in the Midwest with family. In addition to writing, Aiko Kitahara enjoys gardening, cooking, and reading way past bedtime. Their work often explores the complexities of everyday life and human relationships.

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