Download or read book Ry?sai Kenbo written by Shizuko Koyama and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2012-11-13 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The famous ryosai-kenbo or 'good wife and wise mother' role of women was not, after all, a traditional Confucian view but a modern construct. In fact, its first appearance in Japan was in the latter half of the 19th century, due principally to the influence of European ideas about women.