Böcker av Gaye Rowley

Yosano Akiko has long been recognised as one of the most important literary figures of prewar Japan. Her renown derives principally from the passion of her early poetry and from her contributions to 20th-century debates about women. This study shows that facile descriptions of Akiko as a 'poetess of passion' or 'new woman' no longer suffice.

Yosano Akiko (1878-1942) has long been recognized as one of the most important literary figures of prewar Japan. A major part of her career was devoted to work on the Japanese classics and, in particular, the great Heian period text The Tale of Genji. This study traces for the first time the full range of Akiko's involvement with this text.