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E-ISBN 978-0-231-52634-0
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Grateful acknowledgment is made to the estate of Saijō Yaso for permission to reprint an excerpt from his song “China Nights” [Shina no yoru], copyright © Saijō Yao, and to Takarabe Toriko for permission to reprint an excerpt from her poem “The Death I Always See” [Itsu mo miru shi], copyright © Takarabe Toriko.
Birnbaum, Phyllis.
Manchu princess, Japanese spy : the story of Kawashima Yoshiko, the cross-dressing spy who commanded her own army / Phyllis Birnbaum.
pages cm. — (Asia perspectives : history, society, and culture)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-231-15218-1 (cloth : acid-free paper) — ISBN 978-0-231-52634-0 (electronic)
1. Kawashima, Yoshiko, 1906?-1948. 2. Women spies—Japan—Biography. 3. Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945—Biography. 4. Chinese—Japan—Biography. 5. Princesses—China—Manchuria—Biography. 6. China—History—Republic, 1912-1949—Biography. 7. Japan—History—1912-1945—Biography. 8. Manchuria (China)—History—20th century. 9. China—Relations—Japan. 10. Japan—Relations—China. I. Title.
DS777.5195.K39B57 2015
951'.8042—dc23
[B]
2014021788
A Columbia University Press E-book.
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