BOOKS
"ルソンに消えた星:終末を見た女ニ人の敗走 記 " = The Stars that Disappeared in Luzon : The Flight of Two Women Who Had Seen the End

Publisher: Mainichi Shimbunsha,


Title Details
  • "ルソンに消えた星:終末を見た女ニ人の敗走 記 " = The Stars that Disappeared in Luzon : The Flight of Two Women Who Had Seen the End
Publishers
  • Tokyo : Mainichi Shimbunsha, 1980
Material Type
  • BK
  • Book
Location RHC
Item Call Number RHC-Jap O433 1980
Status Item withdrawn
Barcode RHC-J-2014-0160
Main Entry
  • Personal name - Okada, Umeko; Niimi, Aya
Title Statement
  • Title - "ルソンに消えた星:終末を見た女ニ人の敗走 記 " = The Stars that Disappeared in Luzon : The Flight of Two Women Who Had Seen the End
  • Statement of responsibility, etc. - Umeko Okada, Aya Niimi
Varying Form Of Title
  • Title proper/short title - Ruson ni Kieta Hoshi: Shuumatsu wo Mita Onna Futari no Haisouki
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint)
  • Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Tokyo :
  • Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Mainichi Shimbunsha,
  • Date of publication, distribution, etc. - 1980
Content Type
Media Type
Carrier Type
Summary, Etc.
  • Summary, etc. - 昭和19年12月、ルソン島中部の戦況の悪化に伴って、邦人老幼婦女子は北部ルソンに疎開した。しかしながら、翌年より、米軍によるルソン北部への攻撃が激しくなった。北部ルソンに疎開した日本人は、兵士民間人問わず、米軍の攻撃に加えて、飢えと病気のせいで次々に倒れて死んでいった。本書は、北部ルソン島の戦いに巻き込まれ、戦場を彷徨した二人の女性の手記である。- Masuko Takehisa
  • Summary, etc. - "In Dec 1944 (Showa 19), Japanese old person, women and children in Philippines evacuated to northern Luzon due to the worsened war situation in the central Luzon. However, the attack on northern Luzon by US forces intensified in the next year. Japanese who evacuated there collapsed and died one by one because of not only the attack by US force but also of hunger or sickness. The book is written based on memoires by two Japanese women who was involved the Battle of north Luzon, ran around to escape of the war and survived." - Masuko Takehisa