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Koizumi Setsuko [1] (Japanese: 小泉 節子 、26 February 1868 - 18 February 1932), also known as Koizumi Setsu [2] (Japanese: 小泉 セツ) was the wife of the writer Lafcadio Hearn (Koizumi Yakumo). She helped Lafcadio in writing, and is author of Reminiscences of Lafcadio Hearn (Japanese: 思い出の記). [3]
Seishitsu (正室) is the Japanese term of the Edo period for the official wife of high-ranking persons. The tennō, kugyō (court officials), shōgun and daimyōs often had several wives to ensure the birth of an heir. The seishitsu had a status above other wives, called sokushitsu (側室, concubine).
Tales of Old Japan (1871) is an anthology of short stories compiled by Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, Lord Redesdale, writing under the better known name of A.B. Mitford. These stories focus on various aspects of Japanese life before the Meiji Restoration .
Tsuru no Ongaeshi (鶴の恩返し, lit."Crane's Return of a Favor") is a story from Japanese folklore about a crane who returns a favor to a man. A variant of the story where a man marries the crane that returns the favor is known as Tsuru Nyōbō (鶴女房, "Crane Wife").
The production of the film started in April 2007. This is the first time Aparna Sen has made a film based on someone else's story. This movie is based on the title story of The Japanese Wife and Other Stories by Bengali Indian author Kunal Basu, who writes from Oxford and is an engineer by training.
1,778 Stories of Me and My Wife (僕と妻の1778の物語, Boku to tsuma no 1778 no monogatari) is a 2011 Japanese film based on the true story of the science fiction writer Taku Mayumura. [1] It was directed by Mamoru Hoshi , and stars actor Tsuyoshi Kusanagi and actress Yūko Takeuchi . [ 1 ]
At the conclusion of its seventh and penultimate rate-setting policy meeting of 2024 on November 7, 2024, the Federal Reserve announced it was lowering the federal funds target interest rate by 25 ...
The Nunsense concept originated as a line of greeting cards featuring a nun offering tart quips with a clerical slant. The cards caught on so quickly that Goggin decided to expand the concept into a cabaret show called The Nunsense Story, which opened for a four-day run at Manhattan's Duplex and remained for 38 weeks, encouraging its creator to expand it into a full-length theater production.