The modern Murasaki : writing by women of Meiji Japan / edited by Rebecca L. Copeland and Melek Ortabasi.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Copeland, Rebecca L., 1956-
• Ortabasi, Melek.

Series:

• Asia perspectives.
• Asia perspectives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Japanese literature--Meiji period, 1868-1912--Translations into English--Women authors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (419 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first anthology of its kind, The Modern Murasaki brings the vibrancy and rich imagination of women's writing from the Meiji period to English-language readers. Along with traditional prose, the editors have chosen and carefully translated short stories, plays, poetry, speeches, essays, and personal journal entries. Selected readings include writings by the public speaker Kishida Toshiko, the dramatist Hasegawa Shigure, the short-fiction writer Shimizu Shikin, the political writer Tamura Toshiko, and the novelists Miyake Kaho, Higuchi Ichiyo, Tazawa Inabune, Kitada Usurai, Nogami Yaeko, and Mizuno Senko. The volume also includes a thorough introduction to each reading, an extensive index listing historical, social, and literary concepts, and a comprehensive guide to further research. The fierce tenor and bold content of these texts refute the popular belief that women of this era were passive and silent. A vital addition to courses in women's studies and Japanese literature and history, The Modern Murasaki is a singular resource for students and scholars.

Contents:

• Front matter
• Contents
• Preface
• INTRODUCTION: MEIJI WOMEN WRITERS / Copeland, Rebecca L.
• MEIJI WOMEN'S POETRY / Rodd, Laurel Rasplica
• KISHIDA TOSHIKO (1863-1901) / Copeland, Rebecca / MacPhail, Aiko Okamoto
• MIYAKE KAHO (1868-1944) / Copeland, Rebecca L.
• HIGUCHI ICHIYŌ (1872-1896)
• TAZAWA INABUNE (1874-1896)
• KITA DAUSURAI (1876-1900) / Ortabasi, Melek
• SHIMIZU SHIKIN (1868-1933)
• HOW DETERMINED ARE TODAY'S WOMEN STUDENTS? / Jennison, Rebecca
• HASEGAWA SHIGURE (1879-1941) / Cavanaugh, Carole
• NOGAMI YAEKO (1885-1985) / Hogan, Eleanor J.
• MIZUNO SENKO (1888-1919) / Hartley, Barbara
• TAMURA TOSHIKO (1884-1945) / Fowler, Edward
• Further Reading
• Contributors
• Index

Notes:

• Translated from the Japanese.
• Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-389) and index.

ISBN:

• 9780231510660
• 0231510667

OCLC:

818856098