The Modern Murasaki - Writing by Women of Meiji Japan

Preface ix INTRODUCTION: MEIJI WOMEN WRITERS Rebecca L. Copeland 1(28) MEIJI WOMEN'S POETRY Laurel Rasplica Rodd 29(26) Selected Poems by Meiji Women 34(21) KISHIDA TOSHIKO (1863-1901) Rebecca L. Copeland and Aiko Okamoto MacPhail 55(18) Daughters in Boxes 62(11) MIYAKE KAHO (1868-1944) Rebecca L. Copeland 73(54) Warbler in the Grove 80(47) HIGUCHI ICHIYO (1872-1896) Kyoko Omori 127(24) Higuchi Ichiyo's Journal Entries 136(15) TAZAWA INABUNE (1874-1896) Melek Ortabasi 151(34) The Temple of Godai 160(25) KITADA USURAI (1876-1900) Melek Ortabasi 185(36) Hiding the Gray 192(23) Wretched Sights 215(6) SHIMIZU SHIKIN (1868-1933) Rebecca Jennison 221(46) How Determined Are Today's Women Students? 228(4) The Broken Ring 232(8) School for Emigr /TD> 240(27) HASEGAWA SHIGURE (1879-1941) Carole Cavanaugh 267(26) Wavering Traces 274(19) NOGAMI YAEKO (1885-1985) Eleanor J. Hogan 293(18) Persimmon Sweets 301(10) MIZUNO SENKO (1888-1919) Barbara Hartley 311(28) For More Than Forty Days 319(20) TAMURA TOSHIKO (1884-1945) Edward Fowler 339(36) Lifeblood 348(10) The Vow 358(17) Further Reading 375(16) Contributors 391(4) Index 395