The Writings of Koda Aya, a Japanese Literary Daughter (Hardcover) by Professor Alan M Tansman

Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 214. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 214 p. Study of the East Asian Institute. A study of Koda Aya, one of Japan's most brilliant post-World War II writers. It is a biographical account of Aya's relationship with her famous literary father, Koda Rohan, and of her struggle to achieve a writer's identity and a personal voice within the restrictions of 20th-century Japan.