Journey With Asako ( Asako to Tabisuru )
Forest Books
Illustrated documentary on the life of Asako Hirooka (1849-1919), the model for the heroine of an NHK TV drama called “Asa ga Kita.” A daughter of the wealthy commercial Mitsui family in Edo era Osaka, she was an entrepreneur who, during the Meiji and Taisho eras, developed financial services for women (when women did not engage in business) that eventually became an insurance company and a bank. She studied at a women’s college in Tokyo and became a women’s rights activist. At age 60 she became a Christian and promoted the YWCA and engaged in evangelism. B6* size, 96 pp.
| Issued date: | 2015/11/15 |
| ISBN: | 978-4-264-03311-0 |
| code: | 17190 |
| Price: | ¥1,320(tax included) |