Table of Contents

Abutsu-ni (Nun Abutsu) Ariyoshi-Sawako Ben no naishi Eifukumonin Enchi Fumiko Fujiwara Michitsuna's Mother Fujiwara Shunzei's Daughter Go-Fukakusain Nijo Harada Yasuko Hashida Sugako Hayashi Fumiko Hayashi Kyoko Higuchi Ichiyo Hirabayashi Taiko Hiratsuka Raicho Ise Izumi Shikibu Junii Tameko Kanai Mieko Koda Aya Kometani Fumiko Kurahashi Yumiko Meio Masako Miura Ayako Miyamoto Yuriko Mori Michiyo Mori Reiko Mori Yoko Mukoda Kuniko Murasaki Shikibu Nakatsukasa no naishi Nogami Yaeko Oba Minako Okamoto Kanoko Ono no Komachi Ota Yoko Saegusa Kazuko Sanuki no suke Sei Shonagon Setouchi Harumi Shibaki Yoshiko Shiraishi Kazuko Sono Ayako Sugawara Takasue's Daughter Tamura Toshiko Tanabe Seiko Tanaka Sumie Tomioka Taeko Tsuboi Sakae Tsumura Setsuko Ui Einjeru Uno Chiyo Wada Natsuto Yamada Eimi Yamamoto Michiko Yamazaki Toyoko Yosano Akiko Yoshida Tomoko

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About the Author

CHIEKO I. MULHERN is a Professor of Japanese Studies at Fukuoka Jogakuin College, and was a Professor of Japanese and Comparative Literature at the University of Illinois until 1992. She has written three books in Japanese on comparative culture, and has authored many English works on Japanese literature, media, and women.

Reviews

.,."belongs in every library and cultural center...will not only inform and entertain you, but can reveal a whole new sphere of writing. This unique guide opens another world to English-language readers, one long overdue for international attention."-The New Canadian

?...belongs in every library and cultural center...will not only inform and entertain you, but can reveal a whole new sphere of writing. This unique guide opens another world to English-language readers, one long overdue for international attention.?- The New Canadian

?Recommended for college and public libraries.?- ARBA 95

?This fascinating book introduces 58 of Japan's women writers through essays written by leading scholars who discuss the writer's life, career and works, with special attention given to the ones whose works have been translated....a specialized reference took and one which unlocks a particularly important and interesting field.?- New Asia Review

?This reference work is a welcome addition to the rapidly expanding interest within Japanese studies, as well as more generally, in women writers. The Japan specialist and the novice alike can enjoy these essays.?- Choice

?Well planned and executed with illuminating, detailed discussions of fifty-eight authors, Japanese Women Writers is an excellent book. An impressive accomplishment, an indispensable resource for anyone interested in Japanese women writers and their history. A book not only to be used as a reference but to be read.?- World Literature Today

?Recommended for college and public libraries.?-ARBA 95

?Recommended for college and public libraries.??ARBA 95

..."belongs in every library and cultural center...will not only inform and entertain you, but can reveal a whole new sphere of writing. This unique guide opens another world to English-language readers, one long overdue for international attention."-The New Canadian

"Recommended for college and public libraries."-ARBA 95

"This reference work is a welcome addition to the rapidly expanding interest within Japanese studies, as well as more generally, in women writers. The Japan specialist and the novice alike can enjoy these essays."-Choice

"Well planned and executed with illuminating, detailed discussions of fifty-eight authors, Japanese Women Writers is an excellent book. An impressive accomplishment, an indispensable resource for anyone interested in Japanese women writers and their history. A book not only to be used as a reference but to be read."-World Literature Today

"This fascinating book introduces 58 of Japan's women writers through essays written by leading scholars who discuss the writer's life, career and works, with special attention given to the ones whose works have been translated....a specialized reference took and one which unlocks a particularly important and interesting field."-New Asia Review