{"id":3802,"date":"2024-09-18T11:09:36","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T15:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/east-asian\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=3802"},"modified":"2024-09-27T10:34:47","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T14:34:47","slug":"hirooka-asako-uruno-coal-mines-transformation-and-finding-businesswomen-in-meiji-japan","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/east-asian\/event\/hirooka-asako-uruno-coal-mines-transformation-and-finding-businesswomen-in-meiji-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Garrett Washington, Associate Professor of History, University of Massachusetts Amherst"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hirooka Asako, Uruno Coal Mine&#8217;s Transformation, and Finding Businesswomen in Meiji Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"tribe-events-event-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"444\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/east-asian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2024\/09\/new-dept-pic-Garrett.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"profile picture of speaker\" srcset=\"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/east-asian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2024\/09\/new-dept-pic-Garrett.jpg 444w, https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/east-asian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2024\/09\/new-dept-pic-Garrett-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/east-asian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2024\/09\/new-dept-pic-Garrett-240x319.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Amidst changes redefining and subjugating womanhood in the Meiji period (1868-1912), industrialist Hirooka Asako (1849-1919) rescued her marital family\u2019s failing coal mine in Uruno. 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