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In the Shade of Spring Leaves: The Life and Writings of Higuchi Ichiy?, a Woman of Letters in Meiji Japan | Robert Lyons Danly, Ichiy? Higuchi

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Higuchi Ichiy, 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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In the Shade of Spring Leaves: The Life and Writings of Higuchi Ichiy?, a Woman of Letters in Meiji Japan | Robert Lyons Danly, Ichiy? Higuchi

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How bomb is this book!? Why am I all alone in the review section!? The short stories collected in this book are magic! Such a powerful command of imagery!

batsy Thanks for putting it on my radar. Promptly stacked! 5y

AshleyHoss820 @batsy You‘re welcome! It‘s a shame it‘s not more widely known! We didn‘t get to all of the stories but I WILL be reading more of her work! 😄 5y

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