
In the Shade of Spring Leaves
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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.
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ISBN: 9780393309133
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