World · East Asia & Pacific · 2 hrs ago
What ‘Clouds Above the Hill’ left out about the Russo-Japanese War
A feature examines what Shiba Ryotaro left out of ‘Clouds Above the Hill’.
The subject is the Russo-Japanese War and the people at home during the conflict.
The piece points to tax increases and the Hibiya riots as events absent from the story.
It also notes voices opposing the war.
The feature asks why these parts of the home front were not depicted.
It focuses on the gap between the story and people’s wartime experience; no next step is given.
Toyo Keizai examines what Shiba Ryotaro did not depict in “Clouds Above the Hill.”
The article points to tax increases, the Hibiya riot and antiwar voices as subjects absent from the story.
It says people on the home front are missing from the narrative.
The article also explores why Shiba left these subjects out.
- Who
- Shiba Ryotaro, the author of “Clouds Above the Hill.
- What
- The article examines what the work left out about the Russo-Japanese War, including home-front experiences.
- When
- Not stated
- Where
- Japan; the article mentions the Hibiya riot.
- Why
- The article explores the reasons these subjects were not depicted, but does not state them in the provided text.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
This story does not have a timeline yet.
- Work
- Clouds Above the Hill
- Author
- Shiba Ryotaro
- Absent subjects
- Tax increases, the Hibiya riot and antiwar voices
- Perspective missing
- People on the home front