<p><em>Abstrak</em> - <strong>Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menemukan perwujudan nilai tradisional masyarakat Jepang dan kritik terhadapnya melalui penggambaran tokoh dalam novel <em>Hanaoka Seishu no Tsuma</em>. Pendekatan semiotika aspek semantika digunakan dalam analisis penelitian ini melalui pengamatan terhadap tokoh perempuan dan laki-laki dalam novel ini. Kesimpulan dari penelitian ini adalah perwujudan nilai tradisional masyarakat Jepang melalui penggambaran tokoh dalam novel <em>Hanaoka Seishu no Tsuma </em>yang meliputi nilai tradisional masyarakat Jepang mengenai standar kualifikasi perempuan, yang mencakup fisik/tampilan, sifat dan perilaku, usia, produktifitas perempuan.</strong></p><p><em>Abstract</em> – <strong>This study aims to find the embodiment of the traditional value of Japanese society and criticism of it through the depiction of characters in the novel <em>Hanaoka Seishu no Tsuma</em>. Semantics aspect semiotics approach is used in the analysis of this research through observations of female and male characters in this novel. The results show that there are traditional values of Japanese society regarding women's qualification standards, which includes physical / appearance, nature and behavior, age, women's productivity.</strong></p><p><strong><em>Keywords</em></strong> -<em> Hanaoka Seishu no Tsuma, Novel, Semantics, Semiotics</em></p>