Lost Leaves: Women Writers of Meiji Japan

Lost Leaves: Women Writers of Meiji Japan

by Rebecca L. Copeland
ISBN-10:
0824822919
ISBN-13:
9780824822910
Pub. Date:
06/01/2000
Publisher:
University of Hawaii Press, The
ISBN-10:
0824822919
ISBN-13:
9780824822910
Pub. Date:
06/01/2000
Publisher:
University of Hawaii Press, The
Lost Leaves: Women Writers of Meiji Japan

Lost Leaves: Women Writers of Meiji Japan

by Rebecca L. Copeland

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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).

In a carefully researched introduction, Copeland establishes the context for the development of female literary expression. She follows this with chapters on each of the women under consideration. Miyake Kaho, often regarded as the first woman writer of modern Japan, offers readers a vision of the female vitality that is often overlooked when discussing the Meiji era. Wakamatsu Shizuko, the most prominent female translator of her time, had a direct impact on the development of a modern written language for Japanese prose fiction. Shimizu Shikin reminds readers of the struggle women endured in their efforts to balance their creative interests with their social roles. Interspersed throughout are excerpts from works under discussion, most never before translated, offering an invaluable window into this forgotten world of women's writing.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780824822910
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press, The
Publication date: 06/01/2000
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 304
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.68(d)
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