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Abstract

THIS BOOK is a thoroughly engrossing study of the issue of death as
performance and political statement. It examines the death stories of two
women, Kanno Suga (1881-1911) and Kaneko Fumiko (1903-1926). Both
were charged with conspiring to assassinate the Emperor of the time. Suga
was implicated in the Meiji High Treason Incident of 1910-11, ultimately
dying at the hands of the State. Kaneko Fumiko was charged with trying to
procure bombs for an attempt on the life of the Taisho Emperor and the
Crown Prince. She was sentenced to death in March 1926, two days after she
and Korean activist Pak Yeol, with whom she was charged, registered their
marriage in prison. Although the sentence was commuted to life detention,
Fumiko's death by suicide was reported inJuly of the same year.
The focus ofRadekker's analysis is not the "historical" events

Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Hartley, B
Journal or Publication Title:	Pacific Affairs
Publisher:	University of British Columbia
ISSN:	0030-851X
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