Women's Role During Japan's Heian Era

Abstract: 10 pages in length. Women during Japan's Heian era (794-1192) were represented as a combination of an oppressed yet liberated gender, inasmuch as there existed significant patriarchal overtones but at the same time these oppressive tendencies were responsible for unleashing a wealth of literary mastery that may have forever lay dormant. While there was a certain population of women during Japan's Heian era who held high social position due to their business or personal relations, the primary focus rests upon those women who, by way of patriarchal influence, sought to break free from such constraints through the written word. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

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Catagory: China & Chinese Issues

Subcatagory: Asian Studies

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