Translating Modern Japanese Literature by Female Authors

This book is the follow-up to Translating Modern Japanese Literature (2019). This new work presents and analyses short pieces of literature by Japanese female authors from the early and mid-20th century: a short story by Hayashi Fumiko, diary entries by Miyamoto Yuriko, essays by Hirayama Chiyoko, and a short story by Yada Tsuseko. Suitable for use in a postgraduate classroom or for self-study by advanced students of Japanese, this book once again breaks ground in the area of literary translation studies, presenting the author’s own translations—their first publication in English—alongside his commentary on key translation issues arising.