In the shade of spring leaves: The life and writings of Higuchi Ichiyō, a woman of letters in Meiji Japan

Higuchi Ichiyo, Japan's first woman writer of stature in modern times, wrote poems, essays, short stories and a great, multi-volumed 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.