Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I. The Development of Modern Japanese Poetry
6. Chapter 1. The Birth of the Modern Yosano Akiko and Tekkan’s Verse Revolution 11
7. Chapter 2. The Expression of Despair Arishima Takeo’s Modernist Poetry 34
8. Part II. Five Approaches to Postwar Japanese Poetry
9. Chapter 3. Uttering the Unutterable Soh Sakon’s Hell Scroll 55
10. Chapter 4. Language as Feminist Discourse Contemporary Women’s Poetry 84
11. Chapter 5. Identity in Contemporary Okinawan Poetry Ichihara Chikako’s Island-Mother 113
12. Chapter 6. Language as Postmodern Expression The Poetry of Asabuki Ryòji 137
13. Chapter 7. The Limits of Language The Poetry of Tanikawa Shuntarò 158
14. Epilogue 179
15. Notes 187
16. Bibliography 209
17. Index 223
18. About the Author 229