OD NORE DO SUNCA: RAZUMEVANJE JAPANSKE NOVE ŽENE
From Nora to Sun: Understanding Japan’s New Woman

Summary/Abstract: This article examines the phenomenon of the New Woman in Japan at the beginning of the 20th century and analyses how the idea of modern female identity was shaped in the cultural, political and literary context of the Taishō period (1912–1926). Particular attention was paid to the role of magazines in which women spoke about their position for the first time and opened up discussions about the institution of marriage, sexuality and prostitution. The magazine Bluestockings and the Bluestockings Society represent the key points of this process, but the broader channels of public discourse that enabled the articulation of women’s voices are also considered. The analysis shows that the Japanese New Woman was not a mere imitation of Western models, but an original articulation that corresponded to local social and cultural conditions. The New Woman in Japan reveals the tensions between tradition and modernity, individual liberation and social norms, and contributes to the global understanding of this universal phenomenon.

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