This anthology introduces sixteen modern Japanese women writers spanning a century in time and a wide range of life circumstances and literary styles. No other collection offers usch a diversity of women's voicesThis anthology introduces sixteen modern Japanese women writers spanning a century in time and a wide range of life circumstances and literary styles. No other collection offers usch a diversity of women's voicesChapter 1 This Child, Higuchi Ichiy?; Chapter 2 Her Daily Life, Tamura Toshiko; Chapter 3 The Song the Owl God Himself Sang: Silver Droplets Fall Fall All Around, Chiri Yukie; Chapter 4 Miss Cricket, Ozaki Midori; Chapter 5 Thorn, Mori Mari; Chapter 6 Masks of Whatchamacallit, Hayashi Ky?lco; Chapter 7 Waters Edge, Tsushima Y?ko; Chapter 8 Cherry Blossom Train, Saegusa Kazuko; Chapter 9 The Strange Story of a Pumpkin, Kurakaski Yumiko; Chapter 10 Mama Drinks Her Tea, Ogino Anna; Chapter 11 Transit, Ogawa Y?lco; Chapter 12 The Tidal Hour, Y? M?r?; Chapter 13 The Tale of Wind and Water, Salc?yama Tam?; Chapter 14 Stars Scintillating in My Eyes, Tawada Y?ko; Chapter 15 Fiction Within Fiction: Sh?no Yoriko, Fiction, Sh?no Yoriko; Chapter 16 You Peoples Love Is Near Death Kawakami Mieko, Kawakami Mieko;US? 2011 Taylor & Francis