Lost Leaves: Women Writers of Meiji Japan

by Rebecca L. Copeland

Book Overview

Most Japanese literary historians have suggested that the Meiji Period (1868-1912) was devoid of women writers but for the brilliant exception of Higuchi Ichiyo (1872-1896). Rebecca Copeland challenges this claim by examining in detail the lives and literary careers of three of Ichiyo's peers, each representative of the diversity and ingenuity of the period: Miyake Kaho (1868-1944), Wakamatsu Shizuko (1864-1896), and Shimizu Shikin (1868-1933)...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824822919
• ISBN13: 9780824822910
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.8"