This child / Higuchi Ichiyō -- Her daily life / Tamura Toshiko -- The song the owl god himself sang : "Silver droplets fall fall all around" / Chiri Yukie -- Miss cricket / Ozaki Midori -- Thorn / Mori Mari -- Masks of whatchamacallit / Hayashi Kyōko -- Water's edge / Tsushima Yūko -- Cherry blossom train / Saegusa Kazuko -- The strange story of a pumpkin / Kurahashi Yumiko -- Mama drinks her tea / Ogino Anna -- Transit / Ogawa Yōko -- The tidal hour / Yū Miri -- The tale of wind and water / Sakiyama Tami -- Starlets scintillating in my eyes / Tawada Yōko -- Fiction within fiction : "Shōno Yoriko, fiction" / Shōno Yoriko -- You people's love is near death / Kawakami Mieko
Summary
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 voices