Postwar Japanese literature has been characterized by the emergence of a large number of woman writers as major figures in the literary establishment. Among these ba Minako occupies a prominent position. Since winning the 1967 Akutagawa Prize for her...

GENDER IS FAIR GAME: (Re)Thinking the (Fe)Male in the Works of Oba Minako. By Michiko Niikuni Wilson. Armonk (New York): M. E. Sharpe (Japanese Women Writing). 1999. xii, 207 pp. US$68.95, cloth. ISBN 0-7656-0313-6. This inaugural volume in a new series on Japanese...

It [the first edition of Leaves of Grass] is very close to the primitive magma. It has the appearance of a flow of lava which nothing could stop and which has remained formless. --Roger Asselineau [Yecao (Weeds) is] genuine poetry in embryo:...