DiscoverThe 19th Century Novel PodcastEPISODE 36: Naoe Kinoshita, "Pillar of Fire" (1904), Part One
EPISODE 36: Naoe Kinoshita, "Pillar of Fire" (1904), Part One

EPISODE 36: Naoe Kinoshita, "Pillar of Fire" (1904), Part One

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Chapters 1-3: 0:00 —January 1904. 2:35 —Meiji Japan. 7:49 —Marrying Umeko. 9:56 : Gozo Yamaki & the Reverend.  13:52 —Injury & injustice. 20:20 —Women & child labor. 22:27 —Waking society. 24:46 —Shinoda. 27:55 —Prominent Protestants. 30:30 —Yamaki & Ohora. 31:44 —Interlude.


Chapters 4-6: 32:08 —The zaibatsu. 36:11 —Shipbuilding. 38:28 —O-Kame & Umeko.  40:17 —Church garden party. 43:35 —Shinoda & Umeko. 45:25 —Politics & manners. 46:35 —Socialism & feminism. 50:18 —Interlude.


Chapter 7: 50:44 —Rickshaw knowledge. 52:49 —People’s Weekly/Heimin Shimbun. 55:15 —Japanese socialism. 56:32 —A Russian comrade. 1:01:43 —Our emperor.  1:04:37 —Kotoku Shusui. 1:09:25 —The power of the pen. 1:12:06 —The greater learning for women. 1:12 : 56—Closing.


Text: Kinoshita, Naoe. Pillar of Fire. Translated by Kenneth Strong. London: George Allen & Unwin. 1972.


Interlude: "Godan-Kinuta" (Music of Weaving), The Koto Music of Japan (1965, Nonesuch HS-72005), Internet Archive.


Illustration: Naoe Kinoshita, 1937 (Wikipedia).






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Contact: jimjneilson@gmail.com






Thanks to Professor David Ambaras and the students of HIS 573: Japan's Empire in Asia, 1868-1945, NCSU, Fall 2024.

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EPISODE 36: Naoe Kinoshita, "Pillar of Fire" (1904), Part One

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