Makiko's Diary: A Merchant Wife in 1910 Kyoto

Rating:
Summary: Looking in the Neighbors' Windows
Review:

The lives of ordinary women tend to be poorly documented. This leaves a large gap between decriptions of the way things were supposed to have been and the way they actually were.

This young wife's diary of the year 1910 details domestic life in the lively and prosperous family of a pharmacy owner. She simply set down everything just as it happened, which turns out to be much different than any sterotype.

I would recommend this book to anyone interested in Japan, domestic life, or that gap I mentioned earlier