Ry?sai Kenbo
The Educational Ideal of 'Good Wife, Wise Mother' in Modern Japan
by Shizuko Koyama
216 pages· 2012· ISBN 9789004230613
About
The famous ryosai-kenbo or 'good wife and wise mother' role of women was not, after all, a traditional Confucian view but a modern construct. In fact, its first appearance in Japan was in the latter half of the 19th century, due principally to the influence of European ideas about women.
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