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Higuchi Ichiyo.
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In the following essay, Tanaka discusses the relationships between events recorded in Higuchi's diary and themes in her short stories and novels.
With the beginning of the Meiji era Japan enter...
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In this following excerpt, Keene chronicles Higuchi's literary career, discussing her influences and the critical reception of her work.
During the six centuries after the composition of Izayoi...
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In the following excerpt, Mitsutani examines Higuchi's place as a woman writer in Meiji period (1868-1912) literature and examines the evolution of her literary style.
At the close of his small...
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In the following essay, Enomoto explores parallels as well as differences between the lives and works of Higuchi Ichiyō and Charlotte Brontë, maintaining that both were motivated by a �...
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Critical Essay by Hisako Tanaka
