Troubled Waters by Ichiyō Higuchi – #WITMonth

Translated by Bryan Karetnyk August is Women in Translation Month and I’ve chosen to start with a collection of short stories by an author often described as Japan’s first professional woman writer of the modern era. Born Higuchi Natsuko in 1872, she was the daughter of a peasant who had just managed to achieve samurai … Continue reading Troubled Waters by Ichiyō Higuchi – #WITMonth