Thursday, April 10, 2014

Women Writers of Japan



Book - The Waiting Years (By Enchi Fumiko)

In this Noma Prize winner, Enchi paints a picture of life for women in the years after the Meiji Restoration. After marrying into an upper-class family, Tomo finds herself faced with the unthinkable task of selecting a mistress for her husband.

Available at -
NYPL: http://tinyurl.com/kgyab9p
Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/kwg6oec




Book - In the Beginning, Woman was the Sun (By Raicho Hiratsuka)

The autobiography of Japanese feminist Raicho Hiratsuka,
founder of Bluestocking (Japan's first feminist magazine.)

Available at -
CUNY+ (City, HQ1762.5 H56 A3)
Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/jvl7gzc
NYPL: http://tinyurl.com/n63wzgq




Book - Tangled Hair: Selected Tanka (By Yosano Akiko)

A collection of poetry by the famed poet Yosano Akiko.

Available at -
NYPL: http://tinyurl.com/lxcg8r8
Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/lkdl845





Book  -  Women Writers of Meiji and Taisho Japan: 
            Their Lives, Works and Critical Reception, 1868-1926

Yukiko Tanaka explores the works and significance of women writers in Japan.

Available at -
CUNY+ (Queens, PL725 T36 2000)
Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/khg6h88
NYPL: http://tinyurl.com/kev6jmc


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