The modern Murasaki : writing by women of Meiji Japan

Author(s)

• Copeland, Rebecca L.
• Ortabasi, Melek
• 岸田, 俊子 キシダ, トシコ
• 三宅, 花圃 ミヤケ, カホ
• 樋口, 一葉 ヒグチ, イチヨウ
• 田澤, 稻舟 タザワ, イナブネ
• 北田, 薄氷 キタダ, ウスイ
• 古在, 紫琴 コザイ, シキン
• 長谷川, 時雨 ハセガワ, シグレ
• 野上, 弥生子 ノガミ, ヤエコ
• 水野, 仙子 ミズノ, センコ
• 田村, 俊子 タムラ, トシコ

Bibliographic Information

The modern Murasaki : writing by women of Meiji Japan

edited by Rebecca L. Copeland and Melek Ortabasi

（Asia perspectives : history, society, and culture）

Columbia University Press, c2006

• : pbk
• : cloth

Note

Translated from the Japanese

Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-389) and index

Contents of Works

• Selected poems by meiji women
• Daughters in boxes / Kishida Toshiko
• Warbler in the grove / Miyake Kaho
• Higuchi Ihiyō's journal entries / Higuchi Ihiyō
• The Temple of Godai / Tazawa Inabune
• Hiding the gray / Kitada Usurai
• Wretched sights / Kitada Usurai
• How determined are today's women students? / Simizu Shikin
• The broken ring / Shimizu Shikin
• School for emigrés / Shimizu Shikin
• Wavering traces / Hasegawa Shigure
• Persimmon sweets / Nogami Yaeko
• For more than forty days / Mizuno Senko
• Lifeblood / Tamura Toshiko
• The vow / Tamura Toshiko

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The first anthology of its kind, The Modern Murasaki brings the vibrancy and rich imagination of women's writing from the Meiji period to English-language readers. Along with traditional prose, the editors have chosen and carefully translated short stories, plays, poetry, speeches, essays, and personal journal entries. Selected readings include writings by the public speaker Kishida Toshiko, the dramatist Hasegawa Shigure, the short-fiction writer Shimizu Shikin, the political writer Tamura Toshiko, and the novelists Miyake Kaho, Higuchi Ichiyo, Tazawa Inabune, Kitada Usurai, Nogami Yaeko, and Mizuno Senko. The volume also includes a thorough introduction to each reading, an extensive index listing historical, social, and literary concepts, and a comprehensive guide to further research. The fierce tenor and bold content of these texts refute the popular belief that women of this era were passive and silent. A vital addition to courses in women's studies and Japanese literature and history, The Modern Murasaki is a singular resource for students and scholars.

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction: Meiji Women Writers, by Rebecca L. Copeland Meiji Women's Poetry, by Laurel Rasplica Rodd Selected Poems by Meiji Women Kishida Toshiko (1863-1901), by Rebecca L. Copeland and Aiko Okamoto MacPhail Daughters in Boxes Miyake Kaho (1868-1944), by Rebecca L. Copeland Warbler in the Grove Higuchi Ichiyo (1872-1896), by Kyoko Omori Higuchi Ichiyo's Journal Entries Tazawa Inabune (1874-1896), by Melek Ortabasi The Temple of Godai Kitada Usurai (1876-1900), by Melek Ortabasi Wretched Sights Hiding the Gray Shimizu Shikin (1868-1933), by Rebecca Jennison How Determined Are Today's Women Students? The Broken Ring School for Emigres Hasegawa Shigure (1879-1941), by Carole Cavanaugh Wavering Traces Nogami Yaeko (1885-1985), by Eleanor J. Hogan Persimmon Sweets Mizuno Senko (1888-1919), by Barbara Hartley For More Than Forty Days Tamura Toshiko (1884-1945), by Edward Fowler Lifeblood The Vow Further Reading Contributors Indexv

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Details

• NCID: BA79818564
• ISBN:
  • 0231137753
  • 0231137745
• LCCN: 2006017786
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: jpn
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 404 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PL782.E1
  • DC22 : 895.6/409287
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Japanese literature -- Meiji period, 1868-1912 -- Translations into English -- Women authors
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA49594639