...Christine Marran Embracing the Firebird: Yosano Akiko and the Birth of the Female Voice in Modern Japanese Poetry . By Janine Beichman . Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press , 2002 . 264 pp. $55.00 (cloth); $23.95 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2003...

... volume of poetry is a welcome addition to the relatively meager amount of writing in English on modern Japanese poets. Since Beichman focuses on the early years, we unfortunately hear little of Akiko's pacifist activities and contributions to the feminist movement. Still young as the book comes to its...

... University of Minnesota Embracing the Firebird: Yosano Akiko and the Birth of the Female Voice in Modern Japanese Poetry. By J A N I N E B E I C H M A N . Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2002. 264 pp. $55.00 (cloth); $23.95 (paper). Janine Beichman begins her book Embracing the Firebird: Yosano Akiko...

...Janine Beichman Yosano Akiko and The Tale of Genji . By G. G. Rowley . Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies , 2000 . xi , 221 pp. $32.95 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2002 2002 262 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES (neither...

...Janine Beichman Yosano Akiko: Poète de la passion et figure de proue du féminisme japonais . By Claire Dodane . Paris : Publications Orientalistes de France , 2000 . 356 pp. 180FF. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2002 2002 250 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES...

... two translations of Genji, so there will be a later version of this book as well, for Rowley has clearly done a great deal of research and the subject is well worth the effort. JANINE BEICHMAN Daito Bunka University Building Policy Legitimacy in Japan: Political Behaviour beyond Rational Choice...

... studies in French, and it will be of value to French-speaking students not only of Yosano Akiko, but also of Japanese feminism. JANINE BEICHMAN Daito Bunka University Minamata: Pollution and the Struggle for Democracy in Postwar Japan. By T I M O T H Y S. G E O R G E . Cambridge: Harvard University Press...

..., William S., 83 Auslin, Michael, 1057 Bailly, Constantina Rhodes, 1091 Barrier, N. Gerald, 741 Baruah, Sanjib, 1411 Bashiri, Iraj, 721 Batabyal, Amitrajeet A., 1003, 1407 Bays, Daniel H., 215, 684 Beason, Richard, 1055 Becquelin, Nicolas, 232 Beichman, Janine, 250, 262 Berry, Chris, 1362 Bhagavan, Manu...

... japonais 0ANINE BEICHMAN] GAY, The Moneylenders of Late Medieval Kyoto [ A N N E WALTHALL] GEORGE, Minamata: Pollution and the Struggle for Democracy in PostwarJapan [KAREN COLLIGAN-TAYLOR] GORDON, The Wages of Affluence: Labor and Management in PostwarJapan [MASANORI HASHIMOTO] GOTTLIEB, Word-processing...

... SLATER] BEICHMAN, Embracing the Firebird: Yosano Akiko and the Birth of the Female Woke in Modern Japanese Poetry [CHRISTINE MARRAN] B E R N A R D I , Writing in Light: The Silent Scenario and the Japanese Pure Film Movement [MICHAEL RAINE] BUTLER, Emperor and Aristocracy in Japan, 1467-1680: Resilience...