Further Reading
- Beichman, Janine. "Akiko Goes to Paris: The European Poems." Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese 25, No. 1 (April 1991): 123-45. (Translation of a selection of poems inspired by Akiko's travels in Europe. Beichman briefly examines how Akiko's poetry relates to the essays she wrote during the same period.)
- Beichman, Janine. "Yosano Akiko: Return to the Female." Japan Quarterly XXXVI, No. 2 (April-June 1990): 204-28. (Chronicles events that shaped Akiko's poetic voice and contrasts the subjects and themes that distinguish her earlier and later works.)
- Beichman, Janine. "Yosano Akiko: The Early Years." Japan Quarterly XXXVII, No. 1 (January-March 1990): 37-54. (Reevaluates Akiko's early work and explores her development as a poet.)
- Cranston, Edwin A. "Young Akiko: The Literary Debut of Yosano Akiko (1878-1942)." Literature: East and West 18, No. 1 (March 1974): 19-43. (Describes Akiko's education and stylistic development leading up to, and including, the Tangled Hair poems.)
- Honda, H. H. "The Poetess of Love (1878-1942)." In The Poetry of Yosano Akiko, translated by H. H. Honda, pp. v-ix. Tokyo: Hokuseido Press, 1957. (An introduction to a translated collection of Akiko's poetry. Honda defines Akiko as a romanticist who focused on themes of passionate love, self-pride, and beauty. Honda also argues that Akiko's phrasing and lyricism are often too difficult for the "average reader" to appreciate.)
- Ikuko, Atsumi, and Wilson, Graeme. "The Poetry of Yosano Akiko." Japan Quarterly XXI, No. 2 (April-June 1974): 181-87. (Overview of Akiko's poetry with translations of several of her poems.)
- Keene, Donald. "The Modern Tanka." In Dawn to the West: Japanese Literature of the Modern Era, pp. 7-87. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1984. (Appraises Akiko's contributions to modern Japanese poetry, focusing on Tangled Hair, which Keene argues was, with its intensely romantic themes, Akiko's most popular, but not her best work.)
- Larson, Phyllis Hyland. "Yosano Akiko and the Re-creation of the Female Self: An Autogynography." Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese 25, No. 1 (April 1991): 11-26. (Discusses Akiko's conception of women's roles in early twentieth-century Japanese society.)
- O'Brien, James. "A Few Strands of Tangled Hair." Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese 25, No. 1 (April 1991): 113-20. (Series of translated tanka from Tangled Hair, with comments on selected aspects of the translations.)
- Rodd, Laurel Rasplica. "Yosano Akiko and the Bunkagakuin: 'Educating Free Individuals.'" Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese 25, No. 1 (April 1991): 75-89. (Relates Akiko's views on education and feminism to her involvement in the movement to improve girls' education in early twentieth-century Japan.)
- Rodd, Laurel Rasplica. "Yosano Akiko and the Taish Debate over the 'New Woman.'" In Recreating Japanese Women, 1600-1945, pp. 175-98. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991. (Studies Akiko's life and writings as they relate to the controversy in early twentieth-century Japan over women's place in society.)
- Rowley, G. G. "Making a Living from Genji: Yosano Akiko and Her Work on The Tale of Genji." Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese 25, No. 1 (April 1991): 27-44. (Biographical discussion of Akiko's lifelong dedication to the teaching and translation of the Japanese classic Tale of the Genji.*)
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