EPISODE 44: Higuchi Ichiyō, "Child's Play" (1895), Part One
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Pages 254-63: 0:00 —The Yoshiwara. 7:12 —The Daionjimae. 10:14 —Raking in prosperity. 11:59 —Back street boys. 15:34 —Meeting Midori. 19:04 —Senzoku Shrine Festival. 25:23 —Affable Sangoro. 30:03 —Class consciousness. 31:21 —Inspecting her daughter. 32:37 —Nothing but a whore. 35:36 —Class struggle. 37:25 —Interlude.
Pages 263-67: 38:09 —About Ichiyo. 46:28 —Shota & Midori. 53:15 —A suspect endeavor. 57:36 —Closing.
Text: Higuchi Ichiyō. "Child's Play." Translated by Robert Danly. In the Shade of Spring Leaves: The Life and Writings of Higuchi Ichiyo. A Woman of Letters in Meiji Japan, Yale Univ. Press, 1981.
Interlude: Kimio Eto, "Yorokobi," The Japanese Koto Music of Kimio Eto, World Pacific Records (1424 / ST-1424), 1960 (Internet Archive).
Image: Higuchi Ichiyō, 1896, National Diet Library.
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