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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 ...
The chrysanthemum and the sword: patterns of Japanese culture. With a foreword by Ezra F. Vogel. Houghton Mifflin. Benedict, Ruth. 1989. Patterns of Culture. Preface by Margaret Mead; foreword by Mary Catherine Bateson. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 978-0-395-50088-0. Caffrey, Margaret M. Ruth Benedict: Stranger in this Land. 1989. Austin: University ...
I agree. This article could have been titled "Criticism of The Chrysanthemum and the Sword". While I found the criticism interesting and useful, I now know a lot more about the criticism than the book. I would appreciate a section that just summarizes what the the book says. —MiguelMunoz 22:34, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
Kiku-ichimonji (菊一文字) ("Chrysanthemum-straight line"), often romanized with a somewhat misplaced hyphen as Kikuichi-monji, is a collective name given to the katana (a type of Japanese sword) made by the thirteen swordsmiths who were in attendance to the Emperor Go-Toba in 1208.
This is proven true when Elisa sees the flowers in the middle of the road and that the pot is gone; she is hurt by the discovery almost as if she is the flower herself. Elisa viewed it as letting herself be free and just getting hurt as a result. Many critics also argue that the chrysanthemums are a symbol of women's frustration. [4]
"The Chrysanthemum and the Sword" is the fifth episode of the fourth season of the American television drama series Mad Men, and the 44th overall episode of the series. It was written by Erin Levy and directed by Lesli Linka Glatter , and it originally aired on the AMC channel in the United States on August 22, 2010.
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 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.