Books (novels and essays) Japanese literature Haruichiban Kagawa Toyohiko's wife, Haru's distant journey

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Japanese Literature
Winner of the 2022 Jiro Nitta Literature Prize kaoru Tamaoka New book A woman who lived in the slums of Kobe and fought for the weak and lived together. It is an impressive story about her life. From the Taisho to the Showa period, she and her husband faced various social problems such as poverty, gender disparity, and labor exploitation. Her husband is a social activist, Toyohiko Kagawa, who was also the final candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize. kaoru Tamaoka portrays the life of Haru, who fought for the people at the bottom of society in the turbulent times such as the First World War and the Great Kanto Earthquake. There are many famous people from Kobe such as the president of the Kawasaki Shipyard, as well as real people such as Yosano Akiko and Raicho Hiratsuka. The modern history that the slums were wiped out by the social movement of the couple and the beautiful city of Kobe is revived vividly throughout Haru's life.