TY  - GEN
T1  - Lost leaves : women writers of Meiji Japan
A1  - Copeland, Rebecca L., 1956-
LA  - English
PP  - Honolulu
PB  - University of Hawai'i Press
YR  - 2000
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocm53895796
AB  - 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.
OP  - 285
CN  - PL726.6 .C67 2000eb
SN  - 0585482225
SN  - 9780585482224
SN  - 9780824863395
SN  - 0824863399
SN  - 0824822919
SN  - 9780824822910
SN  - 0824822293
SN  - 9780824822293
KW  - Japanese literature : Meiji period, 1868-1912 : History and criticism.
KW  - Japanese literature : Women authors : History and criticism.
KW  - Women authors, Japanese : Meiji period, 1868-1912.
KW  - Littérature japonaise : 1868-1912 (Ère Meiji) : Histoire et critique.
KW  - Écrivaines japonaises : 1868-1912 (Ère Meiji)
KW  - Écrits de femmes japonais : 1868-1912 (Ère Meiji) : Histoire et critique.
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM : Asian : General.
KW  - HISTORY : Asia : Japan.
KW  - Japanese literature : Meiji period
KW  - Japanese literature : Women authors
KW  - Women authors, Japanese : Meiji period
KW  - Meijireform
KW  - Schriftstellerin
KW  - Japan
KW  - Vrouwelijke auteurs.
KW  - Japans.
KW  - Letterkunde.
KW  - Femmes écrivains japonaises.
KW  - Littérature japonaise : 1868- ... : Histoire et critique.
KW  - Littérature japonaise : Femmes écrivains : 1868- ...
KW  - Japon : Vie intellectuelle : 1868- ...
KW  - Geschichte 1841-1889.
KW  - 1868-1912
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
ER  -