In the shade of spring leaves : the life and writings of Higuchi Ichiyō, a woman of letters in Meiji Japan

Higuchi Ichiyo, Japan's first woman writer of stature in modern times, wrote poems, essays, short stories and a great, multi-volumed diary. This book is made up of a critical biography, interlaced with extracts from the diary, and Robert Danly's translations of nine representative stories. Higuchi Ichiyo, Japan's first woman writer of stature in modern times, was born in 1872 and died at the age of twenty-four. In her brief life she wrote poems, essays, short stories and a great, multivolume diary. This book is made up of a critical biography, interlaced with extracts from the diary, and Robert Danly's translations of nine representative stories A Biography Of The Author And A Collection Of Short Stories. Pt. 1. A Brief Life -- Pt. 2. Nine Stories. Flowers At Dusk -- A Snowy Day -- The Sound Of The Koto -- Encounters On A Dark Night -- On The Last Day Of The Year -- Troubled Waters -- The Thirteenth Night -- Child's Play -- Separate Ways. Robert Lyons Danly. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 333-337.