Bøker av Linda H. Chance

This bookdiscloses the history of relations among members of the Quakers of Philadelphia and Japanese intellectuals, educators, and activists. Throughout the modern era, these ties, often between women, have transformed efforts for peace, equality, and women's rights in Japan and the United States.

What makes a work of literature readable? This book asks that question of one of the classics of Japanese literature, the Tsurezuregusa (Essays in Idleness) by Kenko (1283-1352), a collection of brief, fragmentary reflections on a number of subjects.