Carpenter, Juliet Winters. “Enchi Fumiko: ‘A Writer of Tales.’” Japan Quarterly 37, no. 3 (July-September, 1990). Profile of the author.

Causer, Frances. Tradition and Modernity in the Fiction of Enchi Fumiko. Tokyo: Seijo University, 2001. Discusses Enchi’s position in the development of twentieth century Japanese fiction.

Gessel, Van C. “The ‘Medium’ of Fiction: Fumiko Enchi as Narrator.” World Literature Today 62 (Summer, 1988). Analyzes Enchi’s use of narrative voice.

Heinrich, Amy Vladeck. “Double Weave: The Fabric of Japanese Women’s Writing.” World Literature Today 62 (Summer, 1988). Enchi is one of several writers discussed in this survey of Japanese women writers.

Kimball, A. G. Crisis in Identity and Contemporary Japanese Novels. Rutland, Vt.: C. E. Tuttle, 1973. Enchi’s depiction of the plight of women in her works is analyzed.