# Yuko Tanaka # Dildo and Edo Woman TANAKA YUKO Chikuma Shobo (Chikuma Bunko Ta 98-4) : Written by Yuko Tanaka Dildo and Edo woman :9784480430564

**"Opened a new path to learning Edo culture"**
Yuko Tanaka is a Japanese researcher of Edo literature, Edo culture, and comparative culture, an essayist, former Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Hosei University, and 19th President of the same university. She is currently a Professor Emeritus and Specially Appointed Professor at the Edo-Tokyo Research Center of Hosei University. She supports the "optional separate surname system for married couples," stating, "Japanese married couples first adopted the same surname in 1898; before that, married couples had separate surnames, and even then, there was opposition, arguing it was not in line with Japanese tradition." Her famous work is "The Imagination of Edo." This book proposed a new approach to interpreting Japanese culture from a comparative cultural perspective and received the Minister of Education's Art Encouragement Award for New Artists.
Q: What was her profession?
She was active as a researcher of Japanese Edo literature, Edo culture, and comparative culture, as well as an essayist.
Q: What is her famous work?
It is "The Imagination of Edo." In this book, she proposed a new approach to interpreting Japanese culture from a comparative cultural perspective and won the Minister of Education's Art Encouragement Award for New Artists.
English Summary
**"We opened a new path to learning Edo culture"**
Yuko Tanaka is a researcher of Japanese Edo literature, Edo culture, and comparative culture, an essayist, dean of the Faculty of Sociology at Hosei University, the 19th president of the same university, and professor emeritus of the same university, as well as a specially appointed professor at the university's Edo-Tokyo Research Center. She supports the ``optional separate surname system for married couples,'' stating, ``Japanese married couples first had the same surname in 1898, and up until that time, married couples had separate surnames, so even at that time there was opposition, saying it did not match Japanese tradition.'' Another famous work is ``The Imagination of Edo''. This book proposed a new approach to interpreting Japanese culture from a comparative cultural perspective, and won the Minister of Education's Art Encouragement Award for New Artists.
Q: What did you do?
He was active as a researcher of Japanese Edo literature, Edo culture, and comparative culture, as well as an essayist.
Q: What are your famous works?
"'Imagination of Edo'". This book proposed a new approach to interpreting Japanese culture from a comparative cultural perspective, and won the Minister of Education's Art Encouragement Award for New Artists.
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