The Modern Murasaki - Writing by Women of Meiji Japan

Preface ix Introduction: Meiji Women Writers 1(28) Rebecca L. Copeland Meiji Women's Poetry 29(26) Laurel Rasplica Rodd Selected Poems by Meiji Women 34(21) Kishida Toshiko (1863--1901) 55(18) Rebecca L. Copeland Aiko Okamoto MacPhail Daughters in Boxes 62(11) Miyake Kaho (1868--1944) 73(54) Rebecca L. Copeland Warbler in the Grove 80(47) Higuchi Ichiyo (1872--1896) 127(24) Kyoko Omori Higuchi Ichiyo's Journal Entries 136(15) Tazawa Inabune (1874--1896) 151(34) Melek Ortabasi The Temple of Godai 160(25) Kitada Usurai (1876--1900) 185(36) Melek Ortabasi Hiding the Gray 192(23) Wretched Sights 215(6) Shimizu Shikin (1868--1933) 221(46) Rebecca Jennison How Determined Are Today's Women Students? 228(4) The Broken Ring 232(8) School for Emigres 240(27) Hasegawa Shigure (1879--1941) 267(26) Carole Cavanaugh Wavering Traces 274(19) Nogami Yaeko (1885--1985) 293(18) Eleanor J. Hogan Persimmon Sweets 301(10) Mizuno Senko (1888--1919) 311(28) Barbara Hartley For More Than Forty Days 319(20) Tamura Toshiko (1884--1945) 339(36) Edward Fowler Lifeblood 348(10) The Vow 358(17) Further Reading 375(16) Contributors 391(4) Index 395