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time (when I left her) she would not submit to Tahei's wishes . . '. Tahei will be bragging.
He will spread the word throughout
Osaka that Jihei1s business has reached an
impasse and he is pinched for money. Those
with whom I have dealings in all the wholesale
houses will stare at my face, and I
shall be disgraced.^
For Jihei, a merchant of Osaka, it is a regrettable shame
that he has to admit his defeat in a competition with
Tahei for Koharu because of lack of money. While samurai
choose death before dishonor, merchants value money as
their honor. Knowing his vexation, Osan confesses that
she wrote a letter to Koharu, asking her not to die with
Jihei. As double suicides between lovers were popular in
this period, Osan is afraid of Jihei drifting toward
suicide. Receiving Osan's plea for her husband's life,
Koharu promises to give him up. Responding to Koharu's
sincerity and fearing that Koharu might commit suicide,
Osan asks Jihei to redeem Koharu. In spite of the
humiliation of losing her husband to a whore, Osan cares
about Koharu's life as well as the disgrace that might come
to her family and business if Tahei were to redeem Koharu
instead of Jihei.
Jihei is impressed by Osan's complete, self-effacing
confession. Taking advantage of the superiority which
men were thought to have over women, men divide women into
two types as we stated before: prostitutes as objects of
sex and wives as bearers of heirs for their families. By
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| Title | The image of women in Japanese film. - Page 92 |
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| Full text | time (when I left her) she would not submit to Tahei's wishes . . '. Tahei will be bragging. He will spread the word throughout Osaka that Jihei1s business has reached an impasse and he is pinched for money. Those with whom I have dealings in all the wholesale houses will stare at my face, and I shall be disgraced.^ For Jihei, a merchant of Osaka, it is a regrettable shame that he has to admit his defeat in a competition with Tahei for Koharu because of lack of money. While samurai choose death before dishonor, merchants value money as their honor. Knowing his vexation, Osan confesses that she wrote a letter to Koharu, asking her not to die with Jihei. As double suicides between lovers were popular in this period, Osan is afraid of Jihei drifting toward suicide. Receiving Osan's plea for her husband's life, Koharu promises to give him up. Responding to Koharu's sincerity and fearing that Koharu might commit suicide, Osan asks Jihei to redeem Koharu. In spite of the humiliation of losing her husband to a whore, Osan cares about Koharu's life as well as the disgrace that might come to her family and business if Tahei were to redeem Koharu instead of Jihei. Jihei is impressed by Osan's complete, self-effacing confession. Taking advantage of the superiority which men were thought to have over women, men divide women into two types as we stated before: prostitutes as objects of sex and wives as bearers of heirs for their families. By 86 |
