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The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Patterns of Japanese Culture is a 1946 study of Japan by American anthropologist Ruth Benedict compiled from her analyses of Japanese culture during World War II for the U.S. Office of War Information. Her analyses were requested in order to understand and predict the behavior of the Japanese during the war by ...
Benedict is known not only for her earlier Patterns of Culture but also for her later book The Chrysanthemum and the Sword, the study of the society and culture of Japan that she published in 1946, incorporating results of her wartime research. This book is an instance of anthropology at a distance.
Chrysanthemum is a young mouse who loves her unique name, until she is teased about it by her classmates. Her main tormentors are three mice named Jo, Rita and Victoria, who ridicule her for being named after a flower and point out that her name is so long it barely fits on a name tag.
The Sign of the Chrysanthemum is a 1973 work of literature that was the first published work by the American novelist Katherine Paterson.The novel is set in 12th century Japan around and during the Heiji rebellion and tells the story of Muna, a 14-year-old who searches for his long-absent father following his mother's death.
The Chrysanthemums and Other Stories book cover "The Chrysanthemums" is a short story by American writer John Steinbeck. It was first published in 1937 before being included as part of his collection The Long Valley the following year.
Bangiku (Japanese: 晩菊, Hepburn: Bangiku), translated into English as A Late Chrysanthemum and Late Chrysanthemum, is a short story by Japanese writer Fumiko Hayashi, first published in 1948. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It received the Women's Literary Award the same year and was later adapted into a film. [ 1 ]
It closely follows the journal he kept of one-month paid relationship with Kiku (Chrysanthemum) in the Jūzenji neighbourhood (modern day Jūninmachi ) in 1885. [2] Originally written in French and published in 1887 , Madame Chrysanthème was very successful in its day, running to 25 editions in the first five years of its publication with ...
The article writes a lot about the book's reception and the circumstances in which it was written, but I think the article would profit from a section on the book's main propositions or theses. --158.143.214.167 20:23, 13 January 2009 (UTC) I agree. This article could have been titled "Criticism of The Chrysanthemum and the Sword".