LEADER 03745nam 2200709 a 450 001 9910458684003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-79663-1 010 $a9786612796630 010 $a0-231-52272-X 024 7 $a10.7312/keen15146 035 $a(CKB)2560000000048380 035 $a(EBL)908292 035 $a(OCoLC)826476662 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000442510 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12174687 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000442510 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10446301 035 $a(PQKB)10211636 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC908292 035 $a(DE-B1597)458993 035 $a(OCoLC)676814340 035 $a(OCoLC)979753935 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231522724 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL908292 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10419588 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL279663 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000048380 100 $a20091001d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSo lovely a country will never perish$b[electronic resource] $ewartime diaries of Japanese writers /$fDonald Keene 210 $aNew York $cColumbia University Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (225 p.) 225 1 $aAsia perspectives: history, society, and culture 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-15146-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe day the war began -- The birth of "Greater East Asia" -- False victories and real defeats -- A dismal New Year -- On the eve -- The jade voice -- The days after -- The revival of literature -- Rejection of the war -- Under the occupation. 330 $aThe attack on Pearl Harbor, which precipitated the Greater East Asia War and its initial triumphs, aroused pride and a host of other emotions among the Japanese people. Yet the single year in which Japanese forces occupied territory from Alaska to Indonesia was followed by three years of terrible defeat. Nevertheless, until the shattering end of the war, many Japanese continued to believe in the invincibility of their country. But in the diaries of well-known writers—including Nagai Kafu, Takami Jun, Yamada Futaru, and Hirabayashi Taiko—and the scholar Watanabe Kazuo, varying doubts were vividly, though privately, expressed.Donald Keene, renowned scholar of Japan, selects from these diaries, some written by authors he knew well. Their revelations were sometimes poignant, sometimes shocking to Keene. Ito Sei's fervent patriotism and even claims of racial superiority stand in stark contrast to the soft-spoken, kindly man Keene knew. Weaving archival materials with personal recollections and the intimate accounts themselves, Keene reproduces the passions aroused during the war and the sharply contrasting reactions in the year following Japan's surrender. Whether detailed or fragmentary, these entries communicate the reality of false victory and all-too-real defeat. 410 0$aAsia perspectives. 606 $aAuthors, Japanese$y20th century$vDiaries 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$vPersonal narratives, Japanese 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zJapan 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xLiterature and the war 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAuthors, Japanese 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xLiterature and the war. 676 $a940.53/520922 700 $aKeene$b Donald$0479439 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458684003321 996 $aSo lovely a country will never perish$92461463 997 $aUNINA