Lost Leaves: Women Writers of Meiji Japan 9780824863395
Most Japanese literary historians have suggested that the Meiji Period (1868-1912) was devoid of women writers but for t
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English Pages 304 Year 2000
Table of contents :
Contents
Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter One .Educating the Modern Murasaki Jogaku Zasshi and the Woman Writer
Chapter Two .Through Thickets of Imitation Miyake Kaho and the First Song of Spring
Chapter Three. Behind the Veil Wakamatsu Shizuko and the Freedom of Translation
Chapter Four. Shimizu Shikin From Broken Rings to Brokered Silence
Conclusion In the Shade of the Single Leaf
Notes
Bibliography
Index
