Beyond the blossoming fields
By: Junʼichi Watanabe ; translated by Deborah Iwabuchi and Anna Isozaki
Contributors: Iwabuchi, Deborah Stuhr; Isozaki, Anna Husson, 1968-
Publisher: Alma
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Richmond, U.K
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
ISBN-13: 9781846880643
Work titles: Hanauzumi
Description: As a young girl from a wealthy family, Ginko Ogino seems set for a conventional life in the male-dominated society of nineteenth-century Japan. But when she contracts gonorrhea from her husband, she suffers the disgrace of divorce. Forced to bear the humiliation of being treated by male doctors, she resolves to become a doctor herself in order to treat fellow female sufferers and spare them some of the shame she had to endure. Her struggle is not an easy one--her family disowns her, and she has to convince the authorities to take seriously the very idea of a female doctor and allow her to study alongside male medical students and take the licensing exam. Based on the real-life story of Ginko Ogino--Japan's first female doctor.--From publisher description.
Notes: Originally published: Tokyo : Kawade Shobō Shinsha, 1970.

Translation of: Hanauzumi.