Table of contents : Contents Preface Introduction Part I. The Development of Modern Japanese Poetry Chapter 1. The Birth of the Modern Yosano Akiko and Tekkan’s Verse Revolution Chapter 2. The Expression of Despair Arishima Takeo’s Modernist Poetry Part II. Five Approaches to Postwar Japanese Poetry Chapter 3. Uttering the Unutterable Soh Sakon’s Hell Scroll Chapter 4. Language as Feminist Discourse Contemporary Women’s Poetry Chapter 5. Identity in Contemporary Okinawan Poetry Ichihara Chikako’s Island-Mother Chapter 6. Language as Postmodern Expression The Poetry of Asabuki Ryòji Chapter 7. The Limits of Language The Poetry of Tanikawa Shuntarò Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index About the Author